Pieretto Bianco – View of New York 1

Pieretto Bianco (Pseudonym of Pietro Bianco Bortoluzzi) Trieste 1875 – Bologna 1937 View of New York • 1919 charcoal and pastel on blue paper,  616 x 474 mm Signed and dated lower right: “Pieretto Bianco / N.Y. 19” Bibliography: Disegni del XIX e XX secolo. Catalogo di vendita n. 12 – 1988, edited by Mauro…

Jean Syndon-Faurie – Studies of Male Heads

Jean Syndon-Faurie (Caniac-du-Causse 1869 – Paris 1937) Study of a male head  1907 ca. Study of a male head with headpiece 1907 ca. oil on canvas, 48,5 x 43,5 cm, each Provenance: Rome, private collection   The life of the talented painter Jean Syndon-Faurie, who studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris, was awarded…

Carlo Romagnoli – Male portrait

Carlo Romagnoli (Rome 1888 -1965) Male portrait 1913 Oil on canvas, 75.5 x 45 cm Signed upper right: C. Romagnoli-/Rome MCMXIII Provenance: Italy, private collection   The Roman artist Carlo Romagnoli trained at the capital’s Accademia di Belle Arti and associated Scuola Libera del Nudo. His debut came early, in 1905 at the Promotrice. From…

Giuseppe Siccardi – Self-portrait

Giuseppe Siccardi (Albino 1883-Bergamo 1956) Self-portrait 1943 Colored pastels on black paper, 650 x 470 mm Bottom right: A mio figlio Fermo/nelle speranze per il suo avvenire di uomo onesto- e ricordi suo padre sempre/ G. Siccardi 1943 (To my son Fermo / in the hopes for his future as an honest man – and…