Mino Maccari

Signed M Maccari Post Impressionist Painting dated 1958 oil canvas cardboard

1958

The painting (oil on canvas, 40 x 29,8 cm; with wood frame 61 x 51 cm) represents two lovers. It's signed M Maccari on the bottom right. Mino Maccari was a satirical artist and journ...

The painting (oil on canvas, 44.5 x 35 cm; with wood frame 64 x 54,5 cm) represents a moment on deception. It's signed Maccari on the bottom left, and it's dated 1956 and titled "ins...

The painting is signed and dated on the bottom left side: 20. Walter Kurau. Johann Walter-Kurau (also known as Jānis Valters or Johann Walter) is considered “the most mysterious top figure of Latvian art” (Eduards Kļaviņš, 1995) due to his hybrid personality caused by the education received from his Baltic German mother and bythe environment in which he grew up, more related to the German citizenship of Jelgava (in German Mitau). Despite of this, in his youth he was very deep involved in the Latvian national efforts because he was the chairman of Rūķis, formed in the 1891 by a group of Latvian artists, writers and musicians who were attending the Academy in Saint Petersburg. They were inspired by the Latvian sculptor Gustavs Šķilters and they were moved by a “strong ethnic spirit and national enthusiasm” (Šķilters, 1924. In 1906, however, he eventually moved to Germany, at first in Dresden (1906–1916) and then in Berlin (1916/ 1917–1932) where he died. His mixed surname is a clear representation of the cultural melting pot that accompanied him during his life, because it’s formed by his family names. At first he dedicated to genre painting but then he changed into a very elegant and modern Impressionism style characterized by superb subtle tonalities and refined harmonies. He was a very talented violinist and an important teacher (the famous American photographer Florence Henri...

Even if on the background there is an attribution to “Francesco Gessi pupil of Guido Reni” by the bolognese art historian Guido Zucchini (dated 1945), recent studies are tending to add it to the corpus of Girolamo Negri called Il Boccia (Bologna 1648-1718) due to lots of similarities with his style (the pale and warm palette chosen, the profile) The painting represents a lady on profile wearing a brown turban, a yellow clock...

The quality and the stylistic character of this intense portrait with an great visual impact consent the sure attribution to Giuseppe Molteni, who was the most appreciated portrait a...

The painting is signed on the bottom left: MGordigiani. It can be added to his mature production, as we can deduce from the clear Macchiaioli and Paris avant-guard influences, and wi...

Mid-century fauvist portrait of a girl with colorful, textured impasto by Mary Sheppard (American, 20th Century), 1956. Signed and dated "Mary Sheppard '56" lower right. Unframed. Im...

CELSO LAGAR Spanish, 1891 - 1966 THE CLOWN, 1952 signed & dated "Lagar / 52" (lower right) gouache on cardboard 10-5/8 x 8-1/4 inches (27 x 21 cm.) PROVENANCE Private French Collec...

Ramón Moscardó (1953) - El Paralelo Barcelona - Acrylic on cardboard Measures work 17x24 cm. Frame measures 20x27 cm. Ramón Moscardó studied at the Sant Jordi School of Fine Arts an...

Pair of two vintage portraits of Native American figures, one older and one younger, in profile with braids and headdresses by Victor S. ...

Mid-Century Modern portrait of a man by California artist Genevieve Rogers (American, 1904-1984). The abstracted background has texture created with d...

Georges MANZANA-PISSARRO (1871-1961) Jeune femme à l'ombre d'un arbre Circa : 1903 Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard Format of the work: 27 x 36 cm Stamp of the artist on the back...