“Still life “- Oil on tablet by Francesco Bosso, signed on the lower left. Dated 1932 on the back.

BOSSO FRANCESCO Born in Vercelli on December 27, 1864, died in Turin in 1933. He studied at the Institute of Fine Arts of his city with Bonino and Costa. At the beginning of his artistic career he devoted himself to decoration and scenography, performing several works in palaces, churches and theaters in Italy, France and Switzerland. For the colonial exhibition in Genoa he composed a large Diorama of the Panama Canal, vastly appreciated and praised. He devoted himself especially to the paintings of flowers, fruit and still lifes, which have earned him great notoriety. In 1922 at the Vercelli Exposition there were forty-seven of his paintings, among which: Sun from the windows; Rustic rooms in Tournier; Among the rocks; Autumn melancholy; Fontanesian landscape and still lifes.

 

Period: 1932

Measurements: In frame H 34 x W 40 x D 5 cm / Table H 21 x W 27 cm