Romeo Borgognini - Face of Virgin Mary

Features

Face of Virgin Mary

Artist: Romeo Borgognoni (1875-1944)

Artwork title: Volto di Madonna

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject: Portrait/Face

Artistic technique: Drawing

Technical specification: Mixed Technique

Description : Volto di Madonna

Mixed technique on paper. Signed on the left side. Romeo Borgognoni, born in Ravenna but artistically formed in Pavia, wes specialized in landscapes painting, mainly inspired by the countryside and glimpses of Pavia, but also known as a figure painter and a portraitist; he use both the technique of oil and watercolors and pastels. At the beginning his paintings were very realistic, but later he was drag by the impressionist atmopheres making glimpses and landscapes sensitive to light and the atmospheric influence. The main theme moves away from his most known prodution: it is a face of Mother Mary traditionally represented where pastel colors and the lightly outlined profiles intensify the sence of inner reality and the expressive kindness. It is displayd in an oval gilded frame surmounted by wa bow and flowery inserts.

Product Condition:
Very good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. It may have been restored by an expert.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 77
Width: 50
Depth: 4

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 48,5
Width: 38

Additional Information

Artist: Romeo Borgognoni (1875-1944)

Romeo Borgognoni was born in Ravenna in 1875. At the age of fourteen he moved from Ravenna to Pavia, where he enrolled at the Scuola Civica Pavese, becoming a disciple of Pietro Michis. He organized several personal exhibitions in Bologna in 1897 and in Milan in 1906 and was an exhibitor at the Turin triennale in 1910. He taught at the school of Applied Art in industry in Pavia. One of his paintings "Napoleon attending a lecture at the University" is located in the gallery of the Scuola Civica Pavese. Borgognoni was above all a landscape painter, both in oil and pastel, who depicted with sincere realism, but with an impressionist brushstroke for the vibrant and luminous suggestions. Borgognoni died in Pavia in 1944.

Age: 20th Century / 1901 - 2000

20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject: Portrait/Face

Artistic technique: Drawing

Il disegno è il processo di tracciare segni su una superficie tramite l'applicazione di una pressione o il trascinamento di un apposito strumento sulla superficie. Gli strumenti sono: matite in grafite o colorate, penna, pennelli fini con inchiostro, pastelli a cera o carboncini; i supporti tradizionali più frequenti sono carta, cartoncino, tavola, muro, tela, rame, vetro.