Two Cats
Pastel on board, signed lower right, located and dated “Roma, 1958” lower left
Painting: 14” x 18”
Frame: 20” x 24”
Elica Balla was the daughter of the Italian Futurist painter Giacomo Balla and often a subject in his works. She became an established artist herself.
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The Red Gate
Oil on artist board, signed lower right.
Painting Size: 11” x 15”
Frame Size: 16 ” x 20”
Born in Pavia, just south of Milan, Sollazzi, studied with Romeo Borgognoni (1875-1944), attending Milan’s Academia di Brera. His work has been immensely popular throughout Italy and Europe with his focus on subjects of scenes of small villages in Greece, Italy and the North African Coast in particular.
"Carnevale Veneziano"
Oil-on-artist board; signed lower left.
Exhibited: Museo de Bellas Artes, Vina del Mar, Chile.
Gamba painted landscapes, history and genre scenes. He was born on January 3, 1831 in Turin and died in the same city on October 9, 1883. Here he studied at the Academia Albertina with Cusa and Arienti, and in 1850, he went to Francfort-sur-le-Mein, where he studied with Steinle...
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Leon Giuseppe Buono (Italian, b. 1888)
Oil-on-artist board; signed l.r. and titled, signed and inscribed "Pozzuoli" on the reverse.
Born in Naples, 1888, Buono studied at the Studio Academy of Naples. While young, he had a collective show with works that aroused immediate admiration and the applause of fans and critics. He exhibited often in Italy and beyond. His works are in the principal cities of Europe, America, Australia and Japan...
A Venice Backwater
Oil on canvas, signed lower left.
Provenance: J.B. Caldwell & Co., Philadelphia
Painting size: 16.5” x 29.25”
Frame size: 28" x 40.5"
One of the last of the long line of View Painters of Venice, Antonio Maria de Reyna Manescau was born in 1859 in Malaga and was a student at L’École des Beaux-Arts of Malaga and a pupil of Joaquin Martinez de la Vega...
Y. Gianni (Italian 19th/20th Century)
Oil on canvas laid on panel signed and dated: “1908”.
One of the Gianni family of painters who usually worked in watercolor and pastels and produced views of Italian coastal towns.
Painting size: 16” x 16”
Frame size: 20.25” x 20.25”
View of Rome
Oil-on Canvas, Signed
Painting 24" x 35.5"
Frame: 29" x 40.5"
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View of Naples
Watercolor and Gouache on Paper
Circa 1880
Sight Size: 7.5" x 16.5"
Frame Size: 15.25" x 24.25"
Fishermen in the Bay of Naples
Signed Indistinctly
Oil on Canvas laid down on panel and retaining an Export Seal on the Reverse
Painting: 8.5" x 13.75"
Frame: 11" x 16.75"
Venice: Sunlight and Shadow
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right and dated “1899”
Painting Size: 37.75” x 23.5”
Frame Size: 47.5 ” x 33”
Although usually listed as a British artist, Hay was born in Florence and spent most of his life in Italy, primarily in Venice, Capri, Naples and briefly in Bruges...
The Violin Player
Oil on Board, Signed
Painting: 23.5" x 19.5"
Frame: 27.5" x 23.5"
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View of Venice
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower right
Painting: 23 ½” x 19 ½”
Frame: 25 ¼” x 21 ½”
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Capriccio
Oil on Canvas, inscribed: "George Southward, Salem"
Provenance: The American painter George Southward (1803-1876)
15.25" x 13.25"
Painting: 12.25" x 10.5"
George Southward was born in Salem, Massachusetts, and spent most of his adult life there...
by C.Alessandroni (Italian 19th/20th Century
Oil on Canvas,signed
Ptg:18" x 22"
Frame:24.5" x 28.5"
Oil on Wood Panel (some losses)
Possibly Sicilian, 18th Century
Panel Size: 10.75” x 8” Frame Size: 13” x 10.5”
Fishermen in the Venetian Lagoon at Daybreak
Oil-on-canvas, signed lower left
Painting: 16” x 20”
Frame: 22” x 26”
There is little biographical information on Simonetti, and it has been suggested that it is a pseudonym for Gian Gianni who was one of the last of the view painters of Italy. Gianni worked mostly in watercolor and produced views of Naples and Venice for people who were making the Grand Tour...