Studio RT Ltd

Description

We are offering for sale this attractive oil on canvas by the Italian artist GuidoGnocchi, who has signed the painting to the lower centre right/The painting dfepicts a pool or stream in the midst of a forest in autumn, with the leaves mostly fallen from the trees. The early sunlight is filtering through the trees and illuminating some of the trunks. The artist has used a raised paint technique for the trees, giving the painting a textural quality all its own and is a technique that he used is the mahjority of his paintings, which feature a similar subject matter. The canvas bears a label to the centre back, giving the name of the artist and the title of the painting as 'Forest near Malpensa'. Malpensa is now the main airport for Milan, but presumably this wasn't always the case and, apparently there are some forested areas alongside the boundary fence of the airport.

Guido Gnocchi was born in Gallarate in Italy in 1917 Gallarate is a city and comune of Alto Milanese of Lombardy and of Milan metropolitan area, northern Italy, in the Province of Varese. Unfortunately, this is about all the information we have been able to glean about the artist.

The painting is framed in a 3 inch gilt frame with linen interior and slender ivory interior. It will be supplied with new brass hangers, new brass picture wire and will be ready to hang.

Image size: 23 3/8 x 19 3/8 inches - 59.35cm x 49.25cm

Frame size: 29 1/8 x 25 1/4 inches - 74cm x 64cm

Medium: Oils on canvas

Condition: Very good. There is no craquelure or damage and the canvas is taut. The frame is in very good condition and sjuits the painting very well.