Marcel Dominique Poggioli, View Of Corsica, Oil On Panel, Early 20th Century

Landscape depicting a shoreline overhung by a tree and a Genoese tower, one of many built by the Republic of Genoa on the Corsican coastline in the 16th and 17th centuries.

Signed "m.d.. Poggioli" and dated 1910 in the lower right-hand corner.

Marcel Dominique Poggioli (1882-1959) was a Corsican-born painter trained at the Beaux-Arts in Marseille and Paris. After a stay in Italy, he returned to Marseille, where he took part in various salons. He mainly painted Provençal and Corsican landscapes, took on commissions for decorative programs and produced illustrations for books. In 1921, he was appointed Professor of Drawing and Decorative Art at the Beaux-Arts de Marseille, a position he held until 1948. At the same time, he regularly visited his studio in Ajaccio and his home in southern Corsica. Several of his works are now on display at the Palais Fesch-Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Ajaccio.

Good overall condition.
Early 20th century.

Framed: 55x39 cm
Sight: 48x31 cm