CAIAFA ARTE di MASSIMO CAIAFA Landscape Paintings

THE WATERFALL - Oil on canvas cm. 40x50 by Paolo De Robertis, Italy 2011. To create this beautiful painting, De Robertis drew inspiration from the natural landscapes of the French painter Gustave Colbert, who was also an excellent landscape painter, considering nature as one of his main sources of inspiration. A stream flows between the rocks free from vegetation in the middle of the undergrowth. On the right a small waterfall descends from a rocky spur and falls down forming a small basin...

VENICE - Italian landscape oil on canvas oval painting cm.40x70 by Giancarlo Gorini, Italy 2002. Giancarlo Gorini's canvas is an extra...

ROME - Oil on canvas cm.40x60 by Ettore Ferrante, Italy 2003 . In this precious oil painting Ettore Ferrante is inspired by the views of the Dutch neutralized Italian painter Gaspar Adriaensz van Wittel, known as Casper, and known in Italy as Gaspare Vanvitelli...

The shepherdess of cows - Oil on canvas cm.24x30 by Ciro De Rosa Italy 2008. in this beautiful oil on canvas depicting a shepherdess with cow, Ciro De Rosa drew inspiration from peasant-inspired paintings, such as those of the great French painter Julien Dupre '. Working during the last half of the 19th century, Julien Dupré was an artist, considered by most, to be one of the leading exponents of the second generation of Realist painters; a group that also includes Leon Lhermitte...

Rome - Ettore Ferrante Italia 2002 - Oil on canvas cm. 45x95 In this precious oil painting Ettore Ferrante is inspired by the views of the Dutch neutralized Italian painter Gaspar Adriaensz van Wittel, known as Casper, and known in Italy as Gaspare Vanvitelli. In particular this is a reinterpretation of the painting "View of the Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo and San Pietro in the background" by Vanvitelli. Taken from the left bank of the river, the view has its focal point in the circular mass of Castel Sant’Angelo, the pontifical fortress built on the central core of Hadrian's mausoleum and enriched with ramparts and patrol paths overlooking the water. In the background of the view, the Vatican basilica with the papal palaces responds to the vestiges of imperial power, while in the center the Sant'Angelo bridge, adorned with statues painted between 1669 and 1671 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his pupils, connects the two banks replacing the ancient Aelius bridge built by Hadrian. No less interesting is the minor urban fabric...

Country Landscape - OIl on canvas cm.60x80, Antonio Crespi, Italy 2005. In this interesting oil on canvas, the painter was inspired by the works of the ...

Rome - Vincenzo Montella Italia 2009 - Oil on canvas cm. 40x50. In this precious oil painting Vincenzo Montella is inspired by the views of the Dutch neutralized Italian painter Gaspar Adriaensz van Wittel, known as Casper, and known in Italy as Gaspare Vanvitelli. In particular this is a reinterpretation of the painting "View of the Tiber with Castel Sant'Angelo and San Pietro in the background" by Vanvitelli. Taken from the left bank of the river, the view has its focal point in the circular mass of Castel Sant’Angelo, the pontifical fortress built on the central core of Hadrian's mausoleum and enriched with ramparts and patrol paths overlooking the water. In the background of the view, the Vatican basilica with the papal palaces responds to the vestiges of imperial power, while in the center the Sant'Angelo bridge, adorned with statues painted between 1669 and 1671 by Gian Lorenzo Bernini and his pupils, connects the two banks replacing the ancient Aelius bridge built by Hadrian. No less interesting is the minor urban fabric...

Marine - Luigi Basile Italia 2008 - Oil on board cm. 18x24 - Luigi Basile's painting is an extraordinary work of Italian landscape painting. Basile drew inspiration from the artists of the Posillipo School and particularly from Maestro Attilio Pratella. The very small and rapid Neapolitan views...

Country landscape - Emilio Pergola Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm.50x130 Pergola's works reveal the touch of antiquity that recalls the past where shapes and colors are happily combined. A well-harmonized painting that draws inspiration from the paintings of the French master Leon Augustin Lhermitte. Lhermitte preferred to portray rural scenes and the peasants at work, so much so that he was called "the painter of the reapers". In this beautiful oil on canvas we admire some scenes of life in the fields, some women work while others prepare their lunch. In each painting, Pergola observes the world with deep care, outlining the most important values, the essence and the cosmic symbolism of nature. Pergola's creative technique is a touch of art, its rural landscapes, cottages, its beloved animals, such as horses and cows...

Sailing - John Stevens Italia 2006 - Oil on canvas cm. 60x120. John Stevens, using subtle washes of oil paint, slowly builds his highly detailed paintings of sea battle...