ILIO GIANNACCINI (ITALIAN 1897-1968).

“Pescatori a Napoli con Capri”

CIRCA 1960

OIL ON CANVAS

SIZE: 10 x 8 in. (FRAMED 16.75 x 14.25 in.)

SIGNED LOWER RIGHT

CONDITION: VERY GOOD ORIGINAL CONDITION.

OIL ON CANVAS SHOWING BOAT BY THE SEA WITH FIGURES AND COOKING POT OVER FIRE, SAILBOATS, FIGURES.

ILLIO GIANNACCINI WAS KNOWN FOR HIS LANDSCAPES AND FIGURATIVES. HE STUDIED IN ART ROME AND EXHIBITED THERE AND IN GENOA.

BORN IN ROME ON JUNE 28, 1897. A PUPIL OF THE ACADEMY OF HIS CITY, HE PARTICIPATED IN THE COMPETITION ANNOUNCED BY THE OPERA HOUSE FOR THE SCENED OF "WILLIAM TELL". IN 1932 HE HELD A SUCCESSFUL SOLO SHOW IN GENOA, IN WHICH HIS SENSITIVITY AS A WARM, SERENE AND ELEGANT COLORIST WAS NOTED.

ANOTHER SOLO SHOW AT THE GALLERIA ROTTA IN 1934 CONFIRMED CRITICAL SUCCESS AND THUS AT THE GALLERIA GERI IN MILAN IN THE SAME YEAR.