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Filippo De Pisis Paintings

Italian, 1896-1956
Filippo De Pisis (11 May 1896 – 2 April 1956) was an Italian painter and poet. De Pisis was born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli in Ferrara, Italy. He studied literature and philosophy at the University of Bologna beginning in 1914. In 1919 he moved to Rome, where he started to paint. He published a collection of his writings, La città dalle 100 meraviglie, in 1920. While important editors of his time criticized De Pisis for producing overly-sentimental poetry, this emotional streak translated well on canvas. De Pisis is best known for his cityscapes, metaphysically-inspired maritime scenes, and still lifes, especially those depicting flowers. His work has a particularly airy, in-the-moment quality, and is laden with a sort of pathetic pleasure-pain. There are unexpected juxtapositions of scale and space, as when still-life objects are arranged on a surface that seems to join together with the seascape beyond. De Pisis also executed a large body of lesser-known work, comprising homoerotic sketches of the male nude. De Pisis spent his life in Rome, Paris and Venice. He lived a very extravagant lifestyle; he had a pet parrot named Coco, and in Venice he was one of a handful of residents at the time who used a gondola. He had two personal gondoliers on 24-hour duty, who wore black-and-gold livery. De Pisis's work was shown twice in the Venice Biennale: once during his life, and once posthumously. He died in Milan in 1956.
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Artist: Filippo De Pisis
1930s Filippo De Pisis Signed Still-Life Painting
1930s Filippo De Pisis Signed Still-Life Painting

1930s Filippo De Pisis Signed Still-Life Painting

By Filippo De Pisis

Located in Roma, IT

A beautiful, intense painting by one of the greatest Italian avant-garde artists of the 20th century. In this beautiful, poetic work, the great artist Filippo De Pisis (Ferrara, 11 M...

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1930s Italian School Filippo De Pisis Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

The Italian Alps - Post Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil - Filippo De Pisis
The Italian Alps - Post Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil - Filippo De Pisis

The Italian Alps - Post Impressionist Figure in Landscape Oil - Filippo De Pisis

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Signed oil on canvas figure in landscape circa 1950 by Italian painter Filippo De Pisis. The work depicts baite. This work would have been painted in the lower Italian Alps near to w...

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1950s Post-Impressionist Filippo De Pisis Paintings

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Oil, Canvas

Paris, Hotel des Saint Pères - Oil on Masonite by F. De Pisis - 1948
Paris, Hotel des Saint Pères - Oil on Masonite by F. De Pisis - 1948

Paris, Hotel des Saint Pères - Oil on Masonite by F. De Pisis - 1948

By Filippo De Pisis

Located in Roma, IT

Oil painting on Masonite realized by the Artist in 1948. Includes a coeval wooden frame. Artist paints the Hotel where he used to live in Paris during those years. Note, title, date ...

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Composition - Original Oil Paint by Filippo De Pisis - 1938

Composition - Original Oil Paint by Filippo De Pisis - 1938

By Filippo De Pisis

Located in Roma, IT

Signed and dated (19)38 lower right, verso on old label "Natura Morta". Exhibition: "Pittura e disegni di De Pisis" Galleria di Roma, December 1939, n. 12. Bibliography: C.E. Opp...

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French Countryside - Oil on Canvas by F. De Pisis - 1938
French Countryside - Oil on Canvas by F. De Pisis - 1938

French Countryside - Oil on Canvas by F. De Pisis - 1938

By Filippo De Pisis

Located in Roma, IT

Beautiful painting realized by De Pisis in 1938, depicting a landscape in the countryside, probably in France. In very good conditions, it includes a beautiful gilded wooden frame. ...

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1930s Modern Filippo De Pisis Paintings

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Paris Along the Seine - Oil Painting by Filippo De Pisis - 1929
Paris Along the Seine - Oil Painting by Filippo De Pisis - 1929

Paris Along the Seine - Oil Painting by Filippo De Pisis - 1929

By Filippo De Pisis

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Signed and dated on top right. On rear: Stamp, "Galleria Bergamini - Milano". Beautiful landscape of Paris by Filippo De Pisis, realized during his long stay in Paris after 1925. Thi...

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