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19th Century Italian Mountain Landscape with Walking Figures by Silvio Poma

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A lovely green summer landscape with figures, a late 19th century oil on poplar plywood panel painting depicting depicting a green Italian Alps mountain scenery in Summer. An animated pathway of figures in a wooded foothill countryside. Well-dressed people strolling and children playing in the meadows hint at a festive Summer day . The composition of this Italian landscape with figures of late 19th century is very well balanced. In the background, architecture of a village can be glimpsed just below the mountains. The painting is signed at lower left by the Italian artist S. Poma. Silvio Poma (Trescore Balneario, 1840-Turate, 1932), one of the most relevant landscape painters of late 19th century Lombard Verismo. The poplar panel It is set within a modern gilt frame measuring 31 x 44 cm. 5 cm. deep. The work is shipped from Italy, Italian law requires that any object produced more than 50 years ago must be exported with a governative license called Belle Arti. For this reason, handling time of the order will take 2/3 additional weeks. The Verismo (meaning realism, from Italian Vero, true) refers to a 19th century Italian painting style. This Italian term implies extreme raw realism, without any interpretation. This peaceful Italian Alp mountain and valley view comes from a private collection of a Milanese family and it a small size painting in very good condition, ready to hang. About the artist: Silvio Poma, Trescore Balneario, Bergamo, 1840 - Turate, Como, 1932 Having served as a volunteer in the second war of independence, Poma embarked on a military career but retired from the army in 1866 after contracting malaria. On his return to Milan, he worked in the studios of the soldier-painters Giovan Battista Lelli and Gerolamo Induno, his comrades in the military Campaign of 1859. He made his debut at the Esposizione di Belle Arti di Brera of 1869 but received no official recognition until halfway through the following decade. A painting of a historical subject in a broad natural setting of Romantic character won the Mylius Prize of the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in 1876 and a landscape exhibited in Naples at the Esposizione Nazionale di Napoli was bought by Vittorio Emanuele II in 1877. Poma established his reputation as a landscape painter with a repertoire of lake views that are intimist in character while also displaying the influence of his contemporary Filippo Carcano in their realistic approach. The period from 1883 on saw an increase in activity with the systematic presentation of works at national exhibitions and lasting success on the art market.
  • Creator:
    Silvio Poma (Painter)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 12.21 in (31 cm)Width: 17.33 in (44 cm)Depth: 1.97 in (5 cm)
  • Materials and Techniques:
  • Place of Origin:
  • Period:
  • Date of Manufacture:
    circa 1890
  • Condition:
  • Seller Location:
    Milano, IT
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: A11121stDibs: LU2160335077432

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