An advertising poster designed by Italian scenographer and graphic artist Alfredo Capitani in 1941. Capitani was a prolific poster designer who worked for major Italian and American film studios throughout the mid-twentieth century.
A portrait painting by Italian modernist Ubaldo Oppi from 1925, executed in the neo-quattrocento realist style of the Novecento Italiano movement.
A reclining nude by Italian painter Franco Gentilini, completed in 1929 as the artist established himself in Rome’s modernist circles.
An advertising poster for Ischia commissioned by the Naples Provincial Tourism Board, designed by Giuseppe Riccobaldi del Bava in 1941. The work exemplifies the Italian poster tradition of the interwar period.
A 1930 painting by Italian artist Uberto Bonetti depicting a racing car. Created in Turin, the work exemplifies the dynamic visual language of early twentieth-century Italian modernism.
An advertising poster designed by Italian commercial artist Plinio Codognato in 1934. Codognato was a prominent cartoonist and illustrator who created approximately one thousand posters across his career.
A work by Italian painter and sculptor Ferruccio Ferrazzi created in 1925, depicting an ox being shod.
A painting by Italian artist Felice Carena from 1933 depicting a popular theatre. Carena was a Turin-trained painter influenced by Cézanne and Matisse who taught at major academies.
A still life painting by Italian artist Antonio Donghi, completed in 1928 during his most prominent period as a leading figure in neoclassical and magic realist movements.
