Donna alla finestra by Renato Guttuso, 1942
Renato Guttuso’s 1942 painting depicts a woman at a window. The work exemplifies the Italian artist’s engagement with figuration and social observation.
Renato Guttuso’s 1942 painting depicts a woman at a window. The work exemplifies the Italian artist’s engagement with figuration and social observation.
A still life painting by Italian modernist Mario Mafai, created in 1942 during the turbulent years of World War II. The work exemplifies the melancholic sensibility characteristic of the Scuola Romana movement.
Costante uomo is a sculpture created by Italian artist Fausto Melotti in 1936. Melotti was a versatile sculptor, ceramicist, poet and theorist active across the twentieth century.
An advertising poster created in 1936 to promote Gardone Riviera, the lakeside town on Lake Garda’s western shore in Lombardy.
Giorgio Morandi’s still life from 1929 exemplifies the Italian painter’s refined approach to domestic objects rendered in restrained tonalities.
A 1927 painting by Italian artist Carlo Carrà depicting a sunset over the sea. Carrà was a leading figure of the Futurist movement in early 20th-century Italy.
A postcard designed by Mario Gros, the Turin-based graphic artist and painter, in 1935. Gros was a prolific poster designer and chromatic engraver who worked across advertising, film promotion, and industrial printing.
A residential building in Milan’s Isola district, designed by Pietro Lingeri and Giuseppe Terragni between 1934 and 1938 in the Rationalist style.
Marina is a 1932 painting by Carlo Carrà, the Italian Futurist painter and theorist. Created during the artist’s later career, the work reflects his continued engagement with modernist approaches to form and composition.
A bronze bust monument to the Italian aviator Francesco Baracca, sculpted by Silvio Monfrini and unveiled in Milan’s Piazzale Francesco Baracca in 1931.