“Val d’Ayas” oil on canvas by Silvio Allason (1843-1912), signed and dated S.Allason 1909 lower left, in excellent condition.
Silvio Allason (Turin 1845 – 1912), was first employed in the Ministry of War, but from around 1867 he devoted himself only to painting.
After a stay in Florence, he was a pupil in Turin, at the Accademia Albertina, of E. Gamba and A. Gastaldi for the figure, studying however, at the same time, landscape with his cousin Ernesto and, upon his death, with E. Perotti .
He began exhibiting at the Turin Promoter in 1869; in 1873 he had a notable success with the painting “In ambuato”; in 1876 he exhibited “The rescue”.
He made a specialty of the effects of moonshine with figures.
He also exhibited in Milan, Naples, Paris (Salon of 1878), Nice, where one of his paintings “Among the rocks” was purchased for the Chéret Museum.
Other works of his are in the Civic Museum of Turin. But an unknown title of Allison in landscape art is given by an infinity of studies from life, which he almost never showed, rich in superior elements, such as the wisdom and taste of composition, heroically patient drawing, simply effective technique and excellent color.
Period: 1909
Measurements: In frame H 68 x W 128.5 x D 5.5 / Canvas H 52 x W 112.5 cm
