“The rhododendrons of Burcina” – Oil on canvas by Enzo Gazzone from Vercelli (San Germano Vercellese 1894 – Vercelli 1970), dating back to the 1940s. On the back, scrolls: Galleria Perazzone, Galleria Dante and Galleria Fogliato.
ENZO GAZZONE Born in San Germano Vercellese on 23 March 1894. Having learned the first elements of painting from his father Luigi Gazzone, a good amateur, he studied at the Albertina Academy of Turin, a pupil first of Andrea Marchisio and then of Giacomo Grosso. In addition to portraiture and landscape, he dedicates himself to etching and several successful prints attest to this attitude. She made her debut at the Vercelli Exhibition in 1922 and later took part in the 1st Female Portrait Exhibition in Monza: at the Promoter and Amici dell’Arte in Turin; then in Novara, in Bolzano, in Domodossola. His main works: “Sul lago di Como” and “Decadenza”, etchings that had good success at the Black and White Exhibition in Melbourne; “March snow”; “The portrait of the Archbishop of Vercelli Mons. Giovanni Gamberoni”, preserved in the archbishopric itself; “Portrait of Mrs. Berlese”. They remain from Vercelli, good for the resemblance and harmony of colors. “The rice sower”, owned by the Vercelli Farmers’ Federation “;” The wind “;” Melancholy “;” Riflessi “;” The castle of Fénis “.
Period: 1940s
Measurements: In frame H 76.5 x W 93.5 x D 6 cm / Canvas H 57.5 x W 75 cm
