O. Ricciardi Naples' View Oil on Canvas Italy 1933 - Old Naples's View 1933

Features

Artist:  Oscar Ricciardi (1864-1935)

Artwork title:  Impressioni di Napoli vecchia

Age:  20th Century / 1901 - 2000

Subject:  Views/City Glimpses

Origin:  Italy

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Oil on Canvas

Description : Impressioni di Napoli vecchia

Oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated lower left. Ricciardi was a prolific Neapolitan painter considered by some to be the seed of Neapolitan impressionism; he painted seascapes, beaches, views, landscapes and Neapolitan customs and traditions of his city as his main subjects. In his works the intense chromaticism, the study from life, the abandonment of the drawing and the limpid and terse light that pervades the scenes, reveal the knowledge of Impressionism, due to the presence in Naples of Giuseppe De Nittis. This glimpse of Naples has been repeatedly replicated by the artist, and in one of these works also appears the title "Impression of old Naples", absent here. It is an intense glimpse of the atmosphere of an old popular Neapolitan street, enlivened by a market populated by human figures, with old peeling walls decorated with hanging clothes and planters. The work is rather dark, a brown monochromatism prevails, interrupted only by the brighter colors of the human figures; the only source of light comes from the artificial lights turned on in the shop down the street. The work has a slight damage in the upper right corner (small cut of the canvas). It is presented in a coeval frame.

Product Condition:
Product in fair condition showing some signs of wear. We try to present the real state as fully as possible with photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description will prevail.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 50
Width: 38
Depth: 6

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 24
Width: 35,5