Attilio Melo Oil on Canvas - Italy XX Century - Saint Cristopher, 1970

Features

Artist:  Attilio Melo (1917-2012)

Artwork title:  San Cristoforo

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Views/City Glimpses

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : San Cristoforo

Oil on canvas. At the bottom right you can find the artist's signature, with the place portrayed and the date of execution. 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, like this glimpse of the church of San Cristoforo sul Naviglio in Milan. His style is peculiar, made up of long brushstrokes, almost stripes of color, which create an evocative chromatic setting around the elements or figures. The work is presented in a frame.

Product Condition:
Product in very good condition which may show slight traces of wear; it may have undergone restoration work carried out by an expert.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 70
Width: 90
Depth: 7

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 55
Width: 75