La Luna a Portese (The Moon in Portese)

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Duilio Barnabe
La Luna a Portese (The Moon in Portese)
1955

About the Item

This painting is signed and dated by Barnabe on the lower left and inscribed "La Luna a Portese." Barnabè painted this work in Portese in 1955. Portese is a tiny fishing village on Lago di Garda, in the mountains north of Bologna. In 1932, the Veronese artist, Adriano Bogoni, who loved the Lago di Garda's beauty, decided to establish there "una scuola di pittura all'aperto" ("a school of open-air painting"). Bogoni's choice of Portese was not haphazard since he first explored all other possibilities around the Lago di Garda. He found Portese to be such an enchanting "paradiso" that he wrote a poem about the little harbour, saying that while Sicily, Naples and Capri are each "bella", "ma Portese è migliore" ("my Portese is the best"). Duilio Barnabè (1914-1961) was born in Bologna in 1914. Early on, it was clear that he was to be an artist. During his student years, he studied for a time with the major Bolognese artist Giorgio Morandi (1890-1964). In 1946, Barnabè and his young wife, Angiola, who also was from Bologna, left for Paris. In Paris, Barnabè became increasingly influenced by Picasso, but he remained under the spell of the great Italian masters of the Renaissance. In particular, his work was descended from a sense of monumentality first developed by Andrea Mantegna (1431-1506), an artist who came from the same Veneto region of Italy as the forefathers of Barnabè. Barnabè was selected to exhibit in the 1952 Venice Biennale. He died tragically young in 1961 at the age of 47 in a car accident in the Italian Alps on his way back to France from visiting his family in Bologna. His work is increasingly recognised for its important contribution to mid-century Modernism. For more information on Barnabè, visit our website - R.S. Johnson Fine Art, Chicago.

Creator:
Duilio Barnabe (1914 - 1961, Italian)
Creation Year:
1955
Dimensions:
Height: 30 in (76.2 cm)Width: 41.5 in (105.41 cm)
Medium:
Oil
Movement & Style:
Modern
Period:
Mid-20th Century
Condition:
Unframed, with some slight signs of wear on some of the edges, but these would not be visible once framed.
Gallery Location:
Chicago, IL
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU365312408432