Silvio Pucci (Pistoia 1892 – Florence 1961) - Landscape

OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS SIGNED LOWER RIGHT DIMENSIONS: CANVAS 52X65CM FRAME 86X73CM Silvio Pucci (Pistoia, 1892 – Florence, 1961) was an Italian painter. His works, with broad brushstrokes, laid with large fields of color, are mainly Tuscan landscapes and still lifes, to which must be added some portraits of family scenes, where the Tuscan style of the rural backgrounds and the peaceful atmosphere strongly emerges. Present in some regional museums (in Latina for example), his works circulate mainly in the private gallery market. In the 1920s, after going to Paris, he was struck by the painting of Cézanne, remaining deeply influenced by it. In the 1930s and 40s he was an esteemed, listed, and awarded artist at the Venice Biennale. Compromised with Fascism in the post-war period, he was unable to politically recycle himself and was in a certain sense "purged". Today his work is being re-evaluated and appears to deserve a prominent place among artists in the Italian twentieth century. In 1948 he bought a small house in the small Mugello town of Montepulico, where he spent the summer painting landscapes in a fresh and luminous style. Artist friends of the Compagnia del Paiolo came to visit him, some of whom (for example the sculptor Bino Bini) bought houses in the town with the intention of founding a community of artists and art lovers. On the facade of his home you can now see a plaque commemorating him.

Place of Origin: Italy
Period: 20th Century
Dimensions: 33.9”W x 28.75”H

Inventory Number: AC458
Location: ITA

Price: $ 2250