Tito Conti (Italy,1842-1924) oil painting antique
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ARTIST: Tito Conti (Italian, 1842 - 1924)
NAME: The Departure
YEAR: 1877
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Relined. Minor craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 14 inches / 48 x 35 cm
FRAME SIZE: 31 x 26 inches / 78 x 66 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
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SKU#: 121328
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BIOGRAPHY:
Tito Conti was an Italian painter, mainly of genre costume or historical subjects.He was born and lived in Florence, where he studied at the Institute of Fine Arts.He was resident professor at the Academic College of Fine Arts of Florence. With regards to Conti, who he grouped in thematic to Francesco Vinea and Edoardo Gelli, the contemporary American art collector James Jackson Jarves described him relative to the other two as showing "more refinement and higher artistic culture". While praising his "painting of tapestried backgrounds, ornate furniture, and elaborate details", he also disparaged the thematic, saying: "He paints too well for his subject. If his creative faculty were equal to his execution, he would be the first painter of his day."
NAME: The Departure
YEAR: 1877
MEDIUM: oil on canvas
CONDITION: Relined. Minor craquelure. Some scattered inpaintings. Minor damages to frame.
SIGHT SIZE: 19 x 14 inches / 48 x 35 cm
FRAME SIZE: 31 x 26 inches / 78 x 66 cm
SIGNATURE: lower right
CATEGORY: antique vintage painting
AD: ART CONSIGNMENTS WANTED. CONTACT US
SKU#: 121328
US Shipping $90 + insurance.
BIOGRAPHY:
Tito Conti was an Italian painter, mainly of genre costume or historical subjects.He was born and lived in Florence, where he studied at the Institute of Fine Arts.He was resident professor at the Academic College of Fine Arts of Florence. With regards to Conti, who he grouped in thematic to Francesco Vinea and Edoardo Gelli, the contemporary American art collector James Jackson Jarves described him relative to the other two as showing "more refinement and higher artistic culture". While praising his "painting of tapestried backgrounds, ornate furniture, and elaborate details", he also disparaged the thematic, saying: "He paints too well for his subject. If his creative faculty were equal to his execution, he would be the first painter of his day."
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Tito Conti (Italy,1842-1924) oil painting antique
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