“Portrait of a woman” – Pastel on paper by Gino Piccioni dating back to the 1930s. Signed in the lower left corner.

GINO PICCIONI Born in Fogligno on March 22, 1873, died in Biella in June 1941. He was taught by Achille Vertunni and Roesler Franz. He traveled abroad a lot and spent a long time in Germany. He devoted himself especially to landscape and portrait. Among his paintings are mentioned: Morning of Spring, in the Cologne Museum; Greeting of the beneficiaries, exhibited in 1901 at the Venice Biennale and sent to the Leningrad Art Exhibition, where he was awarded a silver medal Winter morning in the olive grove (1897), purchased by the Ministry of Agriculture; The Aniene near Tivoli, exhibited in 1899 at the Venice International; Quiete (1900), pastel purchased by King Umberto I; Cavalli alla “Trita”, exhibited in 1927 at Palazzo Pitti. A pastel woman’s head is in the Turri collection in Milan. After 1916 the artist had also devoted himself to sculpture, led by E. Ferrari.

Period: 1930s

Measurements: In frame H 70 x W 73 cm / Paper H 49 x W 54 cm