Antonio Gusini (Italian, B. 1901) Oil On Canvas, Realist Still Life With Oranges And A Lemon, Signed
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Antonio Gusini (Italian, B. 1901)
Still life painting depicting oranges and a lemon
Signed lower left.
Antonio Gusini was a highly skilled painter whom excelled in Realism and more specifically his still life images with fruit.
Gusini was born in Rome, Italy in 1901 and by 1925 Gusini graduated from Bello Artsy Academy of Rome. From then on, the artist exhibited mostly in Italian cities including Rome, Naples and Milan during the 1960's.
The oil on canvas painting majestically depicts a pair of oranges on a vine with a leaf, together with a lemon with two green leaves behind. The scene is depicted against a dark ground, however the artist has included an intriguing technique in which the fruit reflect of the glossy table they rest on where one can see the lighter reflection of the fruit group just underneath the fruit.
Sight: 11 1/4"H x 15 1/4"W
Frame: 15 1/2"H x 19 1/2"H
Condition: There are two horizontal lines with light white running across the lower quadrant of the painting, below the fruit and may in fact be intentional, as part of the tabletop edge, but it is un certain. The horizontal lines do not detract from the fabulous, realist still life painting which is fantastic and wall ready.
The apples are mouth watering, and beautifully painted by Antonio Gusini, master of still life, fruits. Inscribed on the paper label verso, indicated, artist was born in Rome, Italy on the 1901. In 1925 graduated from Bello Artsy Academy of Rome. Artist exhibited in Rome, Naples and Milan between 1960's & 1964. The art is framed, in horizontal stunning contemporary gilt wood. Painted oil on canvas, and his signature is on the very low end on the canvas. Overall in fabulous condition, with signs of aging. on the low end where the signature situated.
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