Mario Marcucci, “still Life,” Oil On Canvas, Signed, 1930s

Mario Marcucci, “Still Life,” oil on canvas, signed, 1930s

Nice painting depicting still life, table with pots and pans

Signed at lower right
On the back stamp Cavour Art Gallery Forte dei Marmi (LU)
Authenticated Galleria d'Arte Cavour Forte dei Marmi (LU)

Measurements: Framed H 60 x W 68 / Canvas H 40 x W 50 cm

BIO
Self-taught inspired by Ottone Rosai, he excelled in the depiction of landscapes and still lifes.
His early works date from the late 1920s and early 1930s and demonstrate the artist's predilection for oil and watercolor painting, and subjects drawn from the domestic and family context. This early artistic period of his is usually described by critics as naïve and subject to the influence of the great masters of the Macchiaiolo period such as Silvestro Lega and Giovanni Fattori.
In 1934 he held an exhibition of his work at the Kursaal, or Viareggio casino, accompanied by a review by Gino Parenti, a figure through whom he approached the style of Scipione (Gino Bonichi) and Mario Mafai. Later, in 1937, he won, tied with Fabio Sargentini, the Viani Prize, gaining the esteem of Carlo Carrà, who reported him in an article in the “Ambrosiano” as one of the most outstanding figures of young Italian painting.
In 1940 he exhibited at the “Il Milione” Gallery in Milan. His painting was related to that of great artists such as Giorgio Morandi, Ottone Rosai and Filippo De Pisis.