Cristiano Adelfio Paintings

Ancient Ethiopian painting imported to Italy by a diplomat during the Italian occupation of Ethiopia, in the late 1930s. This genre scene painting is divided into eighteen squares bordered by a black frame and divided into three lines. The scene depicts the story of a couple with three children through the stories of their domestic life and their rural activity; each box has a caption written in the Amharic language. In the first line: they grind; they drink; …illegible… while they spin; they bring water. In the second line: comb, cut your hair; treats your teeth; grind; they bring the wood; they bring water. In the third section: they prepare beer; they prepare bread; they cook bread; they prepare lunch; while they eat; while they drink. This canvas is painted in shades of ocher and is mounteed on a ebonized frame. Dates back to the late 1930s. The canvas show minimal tears and signs of wear but we can customize a restoration. The human figures are characterized by unrealistic proportions of the head and body and depicted in static positions. This sense of fixity and the narration in successive chapters in domestic environments make the paintings easily intelligible and suggestive. A particularly fascinating aspect of Ethiopian art...

A captivating and intriguing early 20th century Southern American folk art panel, found in Mississippi, depicting a figure with what appears to be African tribal headgear, and wearing a white collared shirt with black suit jacket. The line work and attention to detail is extraordinary and mysterious, with the artist choosing to incorporate a natural knot in the board to form the mouth of the figure, and the left half of the drawing showing shading, but seemingly left unfinished. The frame is not terribly old, and is constructed from splatter-painted boards...

Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting a river landscape with eighteenth-century architecture, characters and animals. Lacquered and gilded woo...

A very charming French early 20th century Nature Morte - Still Life. Oil on canvas, a wonderful grouping of a bust, flowers and books. Wonderful craq...

Beautiful Early 20th C oil painting of Chrysanthemums. Nicely Framed in an Arts & Crafts Lemon gold wood frame.

A very beautiful early 20th century landscape oil on board painting of the countryside in South West France. Expertly executed by Ernest Azema with bold brushwork and wonderful color...

Great Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on canvas depicting countryside landscape with farmyard animals of good pictorial quality. Painting of great measure a...

20th century oil painting of a cow peaking out of the barn door. This oil on canvas is signed Chamberlain and newly frame.

Italian painting from the mid-20th century. Oil on canvas artwork, first canvas, depicting an autumnal view, countryside river landscape of good pictorial quality. Painting adorned w...

This painting is dated on the stretcher frame 1940 and the large over sized dog is a pointer or know as a bird dog. The birds are quail. This painting is amazing and very well done. ...

French painting from the mid-20th century. Framework oil on masonite depicting countryside landscape with shepherdess and cows of good pictorial quality. Large-scale and impactful pa...

Capture the quiet elegance of early 20th-century portraiture with this evocative watercolor painting by Barbara Alton Potter. Rendered in soft, moody hues of violet, rose, and blue, ...