Still Life by Giorgio Morandi, 1942
A still-life painting by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi from 1942, featuring the muted ceramic vessels and refined composition characteristic of his mature work.
A still-life painting by Italian artist Giorgio Morandi from 1942, featuring the muted ceramic vessels and refined composition characteristic of his mature work.
A painting in the aereopittura style by Italian artist Bruno Tano, created in 1938. The work exemplifies the Futurist movement’s engagement with dynamism and modern subjects.
Pietre alpestri is a work by Italian futurist artist Fortunato Depero, created in 1934. The piece reflects Depero’s engagement with abstract form and dynamic composition characteristic of the futurist movement.
A competition racing car built by Maserati in 1939, the 4CL represents the Italian marque’s engineering during the interwar period. The car was entered in races including the Tripoli Grand Prix.
An advertising poster promoting Gardone Riviera, the acclaimed lakeside town on Lake Garda’s western shore in Lombardy.
An advertising poster created by Italian scenographer and graphic designer Alfredo Capitani in 1933. Capitani was active in poster design throughout the interwar period, working for major film studios.
A 1930 rowing club designed by architect Saverio Dioguardi in Bari, Puglia. The building exemplifies early twentieth-century Italian architectural practice.
Felice Carena’s 1934 painting Girasoli exemplifies the Italian painter’s engagement with modernist colour and form during the interwar period.
An advertising poster designed by Italian illustrator Mario Bazzi in 1931. Bazzi was a prolific cartellonist and commercial artist active across Italy during the early twentieth century.
An advertising poster designed by Marcello Nizzoli in 1929, exemplifying the Italian graphic designer’s engagement with avant-garde movements during the interwar period.