Antique Painting Signed Tranquillo Cremona Watercolor XIX Century - Female Figure

Features

Artist:  Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878)

Artwork title:  Figura femminile

Age:  19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Subject:  Human Figures

Artistic technique:  Painting

Technical specification:  Watercolor

Description : Figura femminile

Watercolor on paper. Artist's monogram top left. Tranquillo Cremona, after an initial period close to romantic painting, from 1870 onwards distanced himself from the influences of Francesco Hayez and adopted a painting style with indefinite contours, developing the concept of "macchia scapigliata" together with his friend Daniele Ranzoni: after an initial intervention with brushes, he refined the works with his fingers to blend, using all his fingers to make his paintings as vaporous as possible. This technique (which cost him his life due to lead poisoning caused by repeated contact with the skin of the colors) was compared by Camillo Boito to the views of the magic lantern, when the right focus of the lens had not yet been found: the image is already distinguishable, but is immersed in an almost gaseous vapor. The subjects of Tranquillo Cremona's works were always human figures, present in the historical-literary scenes of the romantic period, as in the portraits and genre scenes of the scapigliata phase; his subjects were taken from everyday life, in its simplicity and spontaneous immediacy, like this female figure intent on her toilette. The work is presented in a late 19th century frame.

Product Condition:
Product in good condition, shows small signs of wear. We try to present the real condition as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, what is reported in the description is valid.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 33
Width: 27
Depth: 3

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 25
Width: 19