Large portrait oil on canvas, attributed to the painter Paolo Ghiglia (1905-1979), signed on the lower left, 1940s / 1950s.
Paulo Ghiglia (Florence, March 5, 1905 – Rome, November 19, 1979) was an Italian painter.
He starts painting very young with his father and teacher Oscar; at the age of twenty he leaves his father’s house and moves to La Verna, where he lives for about five years. He made his debut in Milan in 1929 at the Pesaro Gallery with his father Oscar and his brother Valentino, also a painter. In 1931 he was at the first Quadriennale in Rome: thanks to Petrolini, his close friend, he was introduced to the capital city life and society, where his portraits period began. He stays in Paris where he portrays Joséphine Baker.
He goes back to Rome, city that together with Florence, Livorno and La Verna, will be and remain the places and sources of greatest inspiration. In the forties and fifties his production focuses on portraits of illustrious people.
His works can be found in various museums around the world, from the Uffizi, with two self-portraits, kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Measurements: In frame H 80 x W 100 x D 10 / Canvas H 68 x W 87 cm
