Ubaldo Oppi, Oil on Plywood, 1930s

The Bagpipe Player

Oil on plywood. 1930s. Signed on the rear right corner. Ubaldo Oppi, born in Bologna, had a passionated life: he studied painting firstly in Vienna then moving around Europe stopping for a long time in Pris where he frequented Picasso; back in Venice he started to expose. In 1915 he left the front joning the alpine troops and fought until 1918 when he was deported to Mauthausen. During the first postwar he moved to Milan where, thanks to Margherita Sarfatti, he approached the movement of the Seven Painter on the italian 1900sto which he had been related for a short time. He took part to several Biennali in Venice and abroad and in 1926 e took parto to the Exposition on Italian 1900s at the Permanente palace in Milan. In 1928 he coverted to Catholicism and started including religious subjects in his prodution that until that time was mostly focused on figures and portraits. In 1942 he resumed service in the Army but soon he had to go back to Venic because of his health problemns and died on October 25th 1942. The painting in question is a genre subject, an old musician. Comes with coeval frame and needs to be restored.

Female Portrait Oil on Canvas 1910

Oil on canvas. At the bottom right there is the signature of E.Siletti and date 1910. The big portrait of the lady is placed on a monochromatic background where we can see just the glimpse of an armchair and a small table on which the woman is resting her hand. Fair ocnditions.

Giuseppe Palanti Watercolor on Paper Italy 20th Century

Female Nude

Watercolor on paper. Signed at the bottom right. Giuseppe Palanti is a painter, advertiser, illustrator, set designer, figurist and teacher of figurative arts at the Brera Academy of Milan. Between his pictorical production there are several portraits of importat people of the time as Pope Pio XI and Benito Mussolini. Severals are the female portraits. Framed.

Alberto Cecconi Oil on Canvas 20th Century

Old House ( Giglio Island)

Oil on canvas. Signed at the bottom left. Another title written with pencil on the back with stamps of the Art Gallery. The pleasant glimpse of a street of the famous islan of the Tuscan Archipelago shows an old house with a niche isnide which there is a devotional altar and women and young boys that make the street alive. Alberto Cecconi from Florence was known for his landscaping production, mostly of the tuscan countryside but also af the South American landscapes since he worked and exposed in Argentina, Brasil and Perù where he succeded. We also have portraits and genre scenes painted by him. The painting is displayed in a frame that has some missing parts.

Giuseppe Ajmone Oil on Canvas 20th Century

Fall 1970

Oil on canvas. Signed at the bottom right. Another title and date on the back. Giuseppe Ajmone was an artist from Valsesia that studied at the Brera Academy of Milan; he was one of the ones that signed the Manifesto of Realismo in 1946. Along with still lives and landscapes that dominate his first artistical period, Ajmone was interested to the nudes that had defined most of his pictorial production since 1960s. Displayed in frame.

Landscape with Figures Oil on Plywood 20th Century

Tempera on plywood. The landscape show a blue night atmosphere with a full moon and the glimpse of a wood crossed by a river on which shore there is a couple of farmers talking. It is displayed in a revival frame.

Anthony Robert Klitz Oil on Board 20th Century

Wilton Crescent, Knightsbridge

Oil on board. Signed at the bottom right. Label with title on the back that recalls the luxury london's district of Knightsbridge of which is represented a glimpse. The british painter Klitz is mostly known for his urban landscapes, expecially of London. The board is displayed in frame.

Study of Figures Pencil on Paper 1941

Pencil on paper. At the left bottom there is the date 16-3-1941 and unreadable signature. It is a sketch of choral scenes with figures and groups. Framed.

Study of Figures Marker on Paper 1941

Marker on paper. Study of male figures, seated and standing, made with ochre marker. At the bottom there is the date 11-3-41. Framed.

Carl Kunst Oil On Canvas German School 20th Century

Female Portrait

Oil on canvas. Signed bottom right. Additional signature on the framing in the back. Intense portrait of a female figure, portrayed from behind, with her face seen in profile, standing in an empty corner of the house, in front of a wall, decorated with only a small oval portrait. It is painted with broad strokes, with a minimal definition of the outlines, enhanced with the only colour range of light blues and greys, that fade the one into the others, almost without a solution of continuità. It is a large rare piece of the young and genious artist from Munich, famous for his activity as an illustrator and a graphic designer: during his short creative phase, Carl Kunst drew numerous posters, advertising stamps, illustrated books; the advertising stamps series for Roals Amundsen's trip to the South Pole and the series of postcards with Munich attractions are very popular. The painting is presented in a coeval frame.

Gian Giacomo dal Forno Oil on Canvas 20th Century

Paesant Maternity 1972

Oil on canvas. Signed at the bottom right. Another signature with title and date on the back. Delicate and calm rapresentation of a paesant maternity with a royal appearance, nearly sacral. GIan Giacomo dal Forno was a painter, sculptor, medallist and decorator, an artist born in Catania and artistically trained in Milan where he taught for several years at the art schools; thanks to his art pieces he got several awards. His painting had been defined as "elaborated of matter, delicate of tones"; his images full of poetry nearly fantastic, were made elegant and spontanous throught an harmonious balance of few chosen tones. Displayed in frame.

Ceiling Panels Tempera On Canvas Mid '900

Tempera on canvas, Mid 20th century. The four large decorative panels are shaped to delimit a central hole for the chandelier. They are decorated with a leaf wreat motif, with fruit and ribbons, which, when the panels are mounted together, makes up a crown; there is also a putto, playing on the wreat, on every panel. The motif is of neoclassical taste. The whole decoration measures 350x240cm.