Giovanni Guarlotti, Lake Maggiore, Italy, Oil on Cardboard, Framed

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Light work, early 1900s, Lake Maggiore towards evening, splendid sky and clouds. Giovanni Guarlotti was born in Galliate (Novara) on … Read more Light work, early 1900s, Lake Maggiore towards evening, splendid sky and clouds. Giovanni Guarlotti was born in Galliate (Novara) on November 9, 1869. Guarlotti was a pupil of Celestino Gilardi at the Accademia Albertina in Turin, and worked closely with Andrea Marchisio and Demetrio Cosola. He made his debut in 1894, exhibiting at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti and the Permanent Exhibition of Turin with the work Portrait of his Mother. In 1896, he was invited to the First Turin Triennial. from then on, he participated in all the exhibitions of the Turin Promotrice, as well as those in Milan, Rome, Munich, and Barcelona. He stood out not only for his numerous portraits, but also for his studies of animals in high pastures, studies of farmyard animals, caricatures, and landscapes. He painted in the Lanzo Valley, the Susa Valley, the Aosta Valley, Turin, and Venice. He died in Turin on May 8, 1954. This piece is attributed to the mentioned designer/maker. It has no attribution mark and no
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