“Ponte dal Vigo, Canal Vena, Chioggia” – Oil on canvas by Angelo Brombo (1893-1962), dating back to the 1940s / 1950s. Signed on the lower right.

BROMBO ANGELO. Born in Chioggia on January 5, 1893, he moved to Venice. He participated in the exhibitions in Venice Rome, Turin, Naples and other minor ones, from the Veneto region, with flattering success, and also in Rome in 1926 at the Mostra d’Arte Marinara, in Milan the following year, at the Primavera; in Bologna, Como, Rovigo; again in Rome; in Milan at the Mostra Peschereccia in 1939, where he obtained the gold medal of the Ministry of Agriculture. He has held solo shows in many Italian cities, receiving praise from the public and flattering judgments from critics for his personal, moving evidence in the marine theme. He has many works in private collections and among them: Polichromie chioggiotte (Conte Molini collection of Venice), Sails, Vita chioggiotta, La riva dei Rigattieri, Gray days, Shopping on board, Campo del Duomo (Pennasilico collection). Other works in public collections: The Mausoleum of Diocletian in Split (Capitoline Museum in Rome), Ruins of Nona (Collez. Comunale di Perugia), La Vela (Municipality of Cavarzere).

Period: 1940s / 50s
Measurements: H 57 x L 67 x P 4 / Canvas H 41 x L 51.5 cm