Moulin De Montmartre By Pietro De Francesco (1873 - 1969) Oil On Panel Signed And Located

Paris, Montmartre Windmill by Pietro De Francesco (1873 - 1969)

Oil on panel signed and located Here is a delightful view of a Montmartre windmill created in the 1920s by Pietro De Francesco.
The work is signed and located lower left. an exhibition label on the back seems to date it from 1928
Presented in a beautiful carved wooden frame, dimensions including frame: 58 x 43.5 centimeters

Biography:

Pietro De Francesco was born in Palermo, November 10, 1873. In 1894 he joined the Institute of Fine Arts in Palermo where he took classes with Francesco Lojacono and Salvatore Marchesi until 1898. In 1900 After obtaining a national scholarship for painting, he moved to Rome and won the prize from Rome. In 1904 he married Giulia Candori, in Rome, on December 31. In 1905 he changed his last name to De Francisco at the town hall of Palermo. 1917 He publishes the book "Rinnoviamo la pittura - Pittura energetica". In 1920/21 With his new companion Clara Valentini, he painted Tunisia, which was as successful in Tunisia as in Paris where he settled and obtained French citizenship in 1930. From 1936/38 he stayed in Vézelay. He married Clara Valentini, they lived in Saint-Tropez then settled in Menton where he died in 1969, three years after his wife.