Pietro Gabrini Paintings

Pietro Gabrini (Italian 1856-1926) An Extremely Fine Hand-Painted Watercolor "Fishermans Arrival at Bay" Very life-like and realistic depicting fisherman returning home after their journey and their wives helping them unload the fish! Such a classic! Looks like a photograph, a true hand-painted, masterpiece. Watercolor on Paper. Signed Lower left P. Gabrini. Sight: 38" high x 21" wide Frame: 45" high x 28" 3" deep Italian artist Pietro Gabrini was an important artist working in a variety of mediums on diverse subject matters. Perhaps he acquired his range of practices from his teacher, Guglielmo de Sanctis...

Oil painting on canvas. Signature and location (Rome) in the lower right corner. Pietro Gabrini was Guglielmo De Santis' student and made his debut in the artistic world with an historical subject 'Una scena dell'Inquisizione' (A scene of the Inquisition). He worked both in Italy and abroad. In his early production he used to paint mostly historical subjects: in 1892, on the occasion of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America, he won the Big gold medal of the International Exhibition in Chicago with the painting 'Colombo'. Later, he used to paint landscapes, marine landscapes, genre and sacred paintings. The painting here presented belongs to this second period and reflects the characteristics of his genre scenes: in the foreground there are some figures on a boat near the raised votive chapel in the middle of the lagoon. The women are lighting a candle and giving it to the boy above them. The landscape in the background depicts the Venetian lagoon. The romantic painting is characterized by games of shadows and lights, particularly on the women's faces which are enlightened by the candle. The artist made many replicas of this painting with light variations. On the back of the painting there is the number of the practice of exportation and the paper label belonging to 'William Whiteley...

Pietro Gabrini (Italian 1856,1926) A pleasure trip in the Bay of Naples Oil on canvas Printed 'P. Gabrini' on the boat, Possibly executed in 1878