G. Gonzaga Still Life Italy 1948 - Still Life 1948

Features

Artist:  Giovan Francesco Gonzaga (1921-2007)

Artwork title:  Natura morta

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Still life

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Natura morta

Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. A Milanese artist descended from a cadet branch of the Gonzaga nobles of Mantua, Giovan Francesco took part in the Second World War with the Savoy Cavalry when he was still twenty years old, participating with the “Fantasma” squadron in patrol actions in the Russian steppe. The months spent in close contact with the horse during the war sparked in him a real passion for horses, which became the privileged subject of numerous paintings, sculptures and poems. Self-taught artist, he declared "Nature is my true teacher", and faithful to it, after horses, he devoted himself mainly to landscapes and still lifes, always depicted "en plein air". Vittorio Sgarbi wrote about him: "The wisdom of Giovan Francesco Gonzaga lies in the design, which is strong and decisive ..... The images vibrate with restlessness, in the sign of man's struggle against himself, in the hell of a a story that always seems to repeat the same drama. But if the preparatory drawing is admirable, the color of this artist has a regality and a sensitivity that come from a musical perception of the color, where the palette is expressed in sudden, variations and rhythms buttons ". His works appear in various museums, including that of the Pinerolo Cavalry, the Historical Museum of the Guardia di Finanza in Rome, the Tel Aviv Museum, the Art Museum of Los Angeles, in public and private collections in Italy, France, Spain, Luxembourg, Indonesia, China, Japan, Singapore and America. In this still life, the elements of a moment of everyday life appear on a table, that of an afternoon tea: two silver teapots, the cup with the spoon and the lace napkin, a saucer with lemon resting on some photos; on the red background wall, a framed print. The intense chromatism and the expressive power of the elements stand out. 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: 73
Width: 63
Depth: 5

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 60
Width: 50