MEASUREMENTS:20"WX24"H FRAMED, MINT CONDITION/"in the style of"Mario Tozzi (30 October 1895 – 8 September 1979) was an Italian painter. He was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government. After his graduation at the Accademia in 1915, he enlisted in the First World War, where he lost two of his brothers. In 1919, the army dismissed him and he moved to Paris with his new French wife.In France, he discovered the Metaphysical painting that he integrated in his style through the use of plasticity, a clear arrangement scheme and some references to the Italian classical painting.In Paris, Tozzi exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Indépendantes, at the Salon d’Automne and at the Salon des Tuileries, where the critiques immediately noticed him. In 1926, he reconnected with Licini, which was in France, and began to frequent all the other avant-garde artists living there.Private collection, no documentation.