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…

Giulio Bargellini – Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait)

Giulio Bargellini Florence 1875-Rome 1936 Study for Idyll (Self-Portrait) 1892-95 Oil on canvas, 21 × 38 cm Signed lower centre: “Giulio Bargellini” Provenance: Rome, heirs of the artist; Rome, Galleria dell’Emporio Floreale, 1982; Rome, private collection Bibliography: Pasqualina Spadini, Opere inedite di Giulio Bargellini: oli-pastelli-carboncini-studi di architetture e progetti per mosaici dal 1890 al 1936,…

Alberto Martini – Vanitas with Self-Portrait

Alberto Martini   (Oderzo 1876-Milan 1954)  Vanitas with Self-Portrait  c 1920  Pastel on paper, 54 × 46 cm   Signed “AM ALBERTO MARTINI”  Provenance: Padua, private collection    Alberto Martini, the great imaginative designer and symbolist illustrator, who interpreted with aristocratic dandyism the figure of decadent artist, later recognised as precursor of surrealism, also experimented with more accurate and realistic visions in…