Mario Puccini (Italian 1869-1920) daisies. Signed lower left in French as "Pochein". Sight Size: 17 x 11 in. Overall Size: 18.75 x 13 in. Provenance: Private Florida Collection. Oil on canvas laid on board. Puccini's early training was at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze where, encouraged by Giovanni Fattori, he enrolled in 1884. Three years later he exhibited at the "Società d'Incoraggiamento" a Studio di testa (Study for a head). In 1892, after receiving his diploma, he enrolled at the "Scuola Libera del Nudo", but after a short time he began to have symptoms of depression that when diagnosed as really being a mental illness, led to his being admitted to the psychiatric hospital of Siena where he stayed until 1898. Apart from some portraits few works have survived from this period.