Cesare Maggi Oil on Canvas Italy XX Century - Snowy mountain landscape

Features

Artist:  Cesare Maggi (1881-1961)

Artwork title:  Paesaggio montano innevato

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Landscape

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Paesaggio montano innevato

Oil on canvas. Signed lower right. Born in Rome in 1881 to theatrical parents, he is a pupil of Vittorio Corcos in Florence, of Gaetano Esposito in Naples (1898), of Fernand Cormon in Paris (1899). Conquered by the painting of Giovanni Segantini, he went to Maloja (1899-1900) and devoted himself to divisionism, portraying Engadine and Valle d'Aosta alpine landscapes, often enlivened by the inclusion of figures and animals. Becoming a friend of the painter Giacomo Grosso in Turin in 1901, he successfully oriented himself towards the portrait genre, setting aside the pointillist technique. While still preferring high mountain views, he broadens his subjects by engaging in seascapes and still lifes, using a technique that with Divisionist accents combines an impasto drafting and large touches of color, reflecting between 1920 and 1930 also the influence of the twentieth century art movement. In the late phase he returns to a more illustrative naturalism. In 1912 he participated in the Venice Biennale with the honor of a room entirely dedicated to him, while in 1935 he was appointed teacher of the Chair of Painting at the Albertina Academy, a position he held until 1951. Ten years later Cesare Maggi died in Turin. In this work we find the dominant theme in Maggi's production, that is the landscape of high snowy mountains, devoid of any human dimension: The pictorial technique here already refers to the second period of the artist, in which his brushstroke becomes wider , and begins to move away from the pointillist technique. The work is presented in a style frame.

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

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 104
Width: 74
Depth: 6

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 100
Width: 70