Portrait Of A Somali Girl, Painting By A. Scabbia XXth Century

portrait of a Somali girl, painting by A. Scabbia XXth Century
signed
Aldo Scabbia was born in Rovigo in 1910. He studied painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan under the guidance of Aldo Carpi. From 1939, he was a tenured professor of Drawing and Art History in scientific high schools. He lived for 13 years in Eritrea and Ethiopia, actively participating in the artistic life of these two countries and teaching in Italian high schools. He organized numerous solo exhibitions and exhibited in international group shows, earning several awards, including First Prize for Drawing, First Prize for Painting, and First Prize at the International Painting Exhibition in Addis Ababa. He painted a large portrait of Emperor Haile Selassie, which is housed in the Imperial Ghebbì along with 24 of his other works. Over 3,000 paintings and drawings are held by private collectors in Italy, Sweden, France, Russia, the United States, Eritrea, Ethiopia, England, Israel, and South Africa.