“Interior with thread spinner and sheep”. Oil on tablet by Giuseppe Gheduzzi . The artist was born in Crespellano (BO) on 12 May 1889. Son of the painter Ugo, from whom he learned, like his brothers Cesare, Mario and Augusto, the first rudiments of art. He made his debut in Vignola in 1907 with the painting Alpine landscape. He refined his training in Turin at the Albertina Academy as a pupil of Andrea Marchisio and Paolo Gaidano. After leaving the Academy, he collaborates with his father for the realization of the stage sets for the Teatro Regio. Giuseppe is a skilled landscape painter: he paints Venetian glimpses and panoramas, views of the Piedmontese lakes and valleys and of the Ligurian Riviera. Unlike his brother Cesare, however, he also excels in interior paintings with figures and orientalist themes. Particularly appreciated by the public and critics are in fact his genre scenes and the paintings depicting interiors of workshops of artisans, antique dealers and stables. During his life Giuseppe participated in many reviews of the Promoter of Fine Arts in Turin and in the Circolo degli Artisti in Turin, and made several personal exhibitions. He died in Turin on May 21, 1957.
Period: 1930s
Measurements: In frame H 36 x W 28 x D 3 / Canvas H 20 x W 11,5 cm
