Attilio Melo Oil on Canvas Italy 1972 - Portrait of Dr. Libero Mazza 1972

Features

Artist:  Attilio Melo (1917-2012)

Artwork title:  Ritratto del dottor Libero Mazza, prefetto di Milano

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Portrait/Face

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Ritratto del dottor Libero Mazza, prefetto di Milano

Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. On the back the handwritten "Portrait of Dr. Libero Mazza, prefect of Milan, made in my studio", followed by the artist's further signature and the date. Venetian but Milanese by adoption, Attilio Melo studied at the Brera Academy and together with his father, an appreciated fresco painter. From an early age he established himself as a portraitist; in his long and brilliant career, figures of national and international fame posed for him, from different worlds: politicians (such as De Gasperi, Gronchi) and religious (Cardinal Martini), artists from the world of entertainment, music, theater (Ingrid Bergman, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren ....) and dance (Rudolf Nureyev). He was also a landscape painter, even of foreign places, but always favoring the landscape of his lands of origin and inspiration, Milan and Venice. His style is peculiar, made up of long brushstrokes, almost stripes of color, which create an evocative chromatic setting around the portrayed figures. The painting proposed here is presented in a contemporary frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, with small signs of wear.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 130
Width: 100
Depth: 6,5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 110
Width: 80