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Beautiful oil painting on paper dating back to the early 1900s depicting some masks in the night scene. The painting is in excellent condition, with frame, and bears the author's signature and the title of the painting on the back. The author is Vittorio Petrella from Bologna (1886-1951). In Turin, during his first exhibition, one of his oil is purchased by Vittorio Emanuele III and two of his large floral panels go to the Civic Museum of Turin. He immediately obtained awards and prizes in Bologna (Mostra del Paesaggio), in Florence (Palazzo Pitti). He took part in the Venice biennials from 1926 to 1948. He is particularly sought after for his preference for nocturnal landscapes. Also active in drawing and lithography. Period: Early 1900s Measurements: In frame H 49 x L 40 cm / Painting H 30 x L 21.5 cm

Severino Ferraris (1903-1979), painter who humbly drew on the living sources of color and light, recreating, on large canvases as on modest sketches, the brightness of the Ossola valleys, the splendor of their snows, the romantic following of the farmhouses and soaring bell towers, all the warmth of the autumns or the sigh of the springs that return to awaken. Severino Ferraris with his painting full of purity and ingenuity repeats the forms and techniques dear to the poets of romanticism; if sometimes he stumbles into the twilight, he quickly gets rid of it, to return clear and luminous. Signed by the author in the lower left corner. Painting title on the backside. Period: 1950s approx Measurements: In frame H 78 x L 90.5 cm / Canvas H 47 x L 59.5 cm