"Wooded Landscape near ocean with Chianina Cow".
Oil on Board.
Signed lower right
Sight: 16 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches
Frame: 21 × 25 ½ inches
Professionally cleaned.
*Chianina Cows are the oldest Italian Breed of cattle. A scene from the annual Tuscan festival.
This century-old tradition of ‘White Oxen’ (Chianina cows) is paraded around the streets of Siena. The Palio di Siena, Siena, Italy.
These cows are only bred in Italy.
A prolific painter, and a pupil of his father and brother Salvatore.
He exhibited at the Promotrice of Naples from 1896 to 1915 (1904, Rimembranze, Testa di donna, Sketch; 1906, Interior and Studio). He painted portraits and genre scenes, often inspired by Neapolitan folklore , inspired by post-impressionist style. In 1904 he presented Orfana at the Italian Exposition in London and in 1906 he appeared with II lily and The threshold at the Società degli Amatori e Cultori in Rome. He also tried his hand at frescoes and in 1890, again in Naples, together with his brother Salvatore, he participated in the decoration of the Caffè Gambrinus and later in those of the Caffè Fortunio in via Toledo. He was also a talented dialect poet.
Source: Pomana by Chairish
"Wooded Landscape near ocean with Chianina Cow".
Oil on Board.
Signed lower right
Sight: 16 1/2 x 20 3/4 inches
Frame: 21 × 25 ½ inches
Professionally cleaned.
*Chianina Cows are the oldest Italian Breed of cattle. A scene from the annual Tuscan festival.
This century-old tradition of ‘White Oxen’ (Chianina cows) is paraded around the streets of Siena. The Palio di Siena, Siena, Italy.
These cows are only bred in Italy.
A prolific painter, and a pupil of his father and brother Salvatore.
He exhibited at the Promotrice of Naples from 1896 to 1915 (1904, Rimembranze, Testa di donna, Sketch; 1906, Interior and Studio). He painted portraits and genre scenes, often inspired by Neapolitan folklore , inspired by post-impressionist style. In 1904 he presented Orfana at the Italian Exposition in London and in 1906 he appeared with II lily and The threshold at the Società degli Amatori e Cultori in Rome. He also tried his hand at frescoes and in 1890, again in Naples, together with his brother Salvatore, he participated in the decoration of the Caffè Gambrinus and later in those of the Caffè Fortunio in via Toledo. He was also a talented dialect poet.
Source: Pomana by Chairish
