Luca Postiglioni

$2,250.00

Luca Postiglioni. (Italian 1876-1936)

"Wooded Landscape near ocean with Chianina Cow".

Signed l/l. Oil on Board.

Frame: 16 1/2 by 20 3/4 inches

Professionaly cleaned.

*Chianina Cows are the oldest Italian Breed of cattle. A scene from the annual Tuscan festival.

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

Luca Postiglioni. (Italian 1876-1936)

"Wooded Landscape near ocean with Chianina Cow".

Signed l/l. Oil on Board.

Frame: 16 1/2 by 20 3/4 inches

Professionaly cleaned.

*Chianina Cows are the oldest Italian Breed of cattle. A scene from the annual Tuscan festival.

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

16.50" x 20.75" (41.91cm x 52.71cm)

Italian (1876-1936)

Wooded Landscape with Oxen 

Oil on Board