Manifattura G. Rossicone Parade Plate Terracotta Italy Mid '900

The TWENTIETH Century - 1900

Enamelled polychrome terracotta plate with a drawing by Attilio Alfieri on the hollow. Manifacturing brand on the reverse.

The Baragia (Civiglio) 1944 Oil on Board

Oil on board. Signed A.Schereschewsky at the bottom right. On the back ther is the title and another signature" Aglaia Schereschewsky, widow.." It is a glimpse of the hills around Civiglio, a small village close to Como, that rises on a hill that faces the city and the lake. The signature recalls the polish post-impressionist artist Wladimir Schereschewsky (1863-1943) that lived for a long time in Italy and he had a daughter whose name was Aglaia born in 1893 and died in 1978. The painting come with frame.

Amapielo Tettamanti Oil on Canvas 20th Century

Glimpse of Factory with Workers

Oil on canvas. Singed at the bottom left. Another signature on the back of the frame. The glimpse of the factory acts as background to the group of outgoing workers and is part of the production after the 50s of Ampelio Tettamanti. The artist, originally from Laveno on Lake Maggiore was trained at the Brera Academy in Milan, after the war, during which he militated in the ranks of the Communist Party very close to the resistance movements, closely tied his artistic activity to the Milanese group and the homonymous Galleria "15 Borgonuovo", which gathered the protagonists of the Milanese realist movement. In the 1950s he began producing works inspired by the urban suburbs, the world of workers and the figures of labourers, and the social content in general, which from that time became recurring subjects in his work. The painting comes with frame

Arita Plate Taisho Ceramic Japan 1900s

The TWENTIETH Century - 1900

Arita ceramic plate, blue underglaze decor. Central scene of a rugged cliff with rocks and coves with small houses and temples. On the brim and on the back vegetal motifs decorations.

Enrico Felisari Oil on Canvas

Mail Portrait 1940s-1950s

Oil on canvas. Singed at the bottom right. Enrico Felisari was born and raised in the province of Cremona but later he moved to Milan where he worked for several years; he privileged mostly paintings od human figures, portrais, heads' studies, making even a serie of anatomical boards that had been apprieciated by the ministery of education and used by the courses of painting at the Ambrosiana Academy where he taught 10 years. He also dedicated his production to landscapes and floral compositions as well as some subjects of sacral art. He used different techniques, from oil pastels to mixed medias, creating delicate works in interpretation and colors. The painting has light drops of color. Revival frame.

Big Arita Plate Taisho Ceramic Japan 1900s

The TWENTIETH Century - 1900

Big Arita ceramic plate, blue underglazed decor, perpective of a castle surrounded by a moat and walls. Glimpse of its inhabitants in the windows. Signed HIGUCHI under the base.