G. Francesco Gonzaga Oil on Canvas Italy 1961 - The Basket of Figs 1961

Features

Artist:  Giovan Francesco Gonzaga (1921-2007)

Artwork title:  Il cesto di fichi

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Still life

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Il cesto di fichi

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left; on the back additional signature with date on the back and handwritten writing showing the title and location (Rapallo). Also present on the back label of the Gussoni Gallery in Milan relating to the solo exhibition of the artist in 1962. Self-taught Milanese artist, Giovan Francesco Gonzaga declared "my true teacher is Nature", and faithful to it, he devoted himself mainly to scenes with horses (passion inherited from the experience of the Savoia Cavalleria during the war) 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 ". Also in this work, which proposes a basket of figs and grapes, the chromatisms stand out, which in the two ranges of green-blue and brown, spread with the broad brushstrokes typical of Gonzaga, chase each other, alternate, overlap to create a vivid effect, with autumn suggestions. The work is presented in a style frame.

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

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 69
Width: 79
Depth: 4

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