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Antonio Mancini Italian 1920s Archived Pastel
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Important and very rare pastel drawing by one of the greatest Italian artists of the 20th century Antonio Mancini.
It depicts in a "futurist" style a smiling young woman wrapped in a cloak that, fluttering, wraps her procacious form.
The pastel is of an unmatched light blue color, rarely used by the great artist Antonio Mancini.
This important work is expertly filed and accompanied by a presentation sheet by the artist's leading expert Cinzia Dr. Virno.
This drawing, never before on the market, comes from an important European private collection and is beautified by an antique frame in gilded wood, in almost perfect condition.
The painting is also protected by glass
Every item of our Gallery, upon request, is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity issued by Sabrina Egidi official Expert in Italian furniture for the Chamber of Commerce of Rome and for the Rome Civil Courts.
Mancini was born in Rome, Papal States, and showed precocious ability as an artist.
At the age of twelve, he was admitted to the Institute of Fine Arts in Naples, where he studied under Domenico Morelli (1823–1901), a painter of historical scenes who favored dramatic chiaroscuro and vigorous brushwork, and Filippo Palizzi.
Mancini developed quickly under their guidance, and in 1872, he exhibited two paintings at the Paris Salon.
Mancini worked at the forefront of the Verismo movement, an indigenous Italian response to 19th-century Realist aesthetics.
His usual subjects included children of the poor, juvenile circus performers, and musicians he observed in the streets of Naples.
His portrait of a young acrobat in Il Saltimbanco (1877–78) captures the fragility of the boy whose impoverished childhood is spent entertaining pedestrian crowds.
In 1871 two of his works, exhibited at the Neapolitan salon, were purchased by two foreign clients, both painters: Per un fiore (For a Flower) by the Canadian-born American painter François B. De Blois and L'ultima medicina (The Last Medicine!) by the French Felix de Lapommeraye.
When in Paris in 1877-78, Mancini met the Impressionist painters Edgar Degas and Édouard Manet.
He became friends with John Singer Sargent, who famously pronounced him to be the greatest living painter.
His mature works show a brightened palette with a striking impasto technique on canvas and a bold command of pastels on paper.
In 1881, Mancini suffered a disabling mental illness.
He settled in Rome in 1883 for twenty years, then moved to Frascati where he lived until 1918.
During this period of Mancini's life, he was often destitute and relied on the help of friends and art buyers to survive.
After the First World War, his living situation stabilized and he achieved a new level of serenity in his work.
Mancini died in Rome in 1930 and was buried in the Basilica Santi Bonifacio e Alessio on the Aventine Hill.
His painting The Poor Schoolboy, exhibited in the Salon of 1876, is in the Musée d'Orsay of Paris.
Its realist subject matter and dark palette are typical of his early work. Paintings by Mancini also may be seen in Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea in Rome, the Museo Civico-Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Turin, and other galleries in Italy.
In 1903 he painted the portrait of the American ambassador in Italy George Von Lengerke Meyer: believed to be lost, the painting was discovered in 2023 by Italian art historian Manuel Carrera, who found it in the Navy Art Collections, Washington.
The first exhibition in the U.S. devoted exclusively to Mancini's work was at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, October 20, 2007 – January 20, 2008, a museum which owns fifteen oil paintings and three pastels by Mancini that were a gift of New York City art dealer Vance N. Jordan.
This artwork is shipped from Rome. Under existing legislation, any artwork in Italy created over 70 years ago by an artist who has died can requires a license for export regardless of the work’s market price. The shipping may require additional handling days to require the license according to the destination of the artwork.
- Creator:Antonio Mancini (Author)
- Dimensions:Height: 31.5 in (80.01 cm)Width: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Depth: 2 in (5.08 cm)
- Style:Futurist (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1918 ca.
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. Minor fading.
- Seller Location:Roma, IT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU4827239280372
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