Renato Natali – Night Landscape With A Well And A Cottage, Oil On Panel

A beautiful nocturnal oil painting on panel signed by RenatoNatali (Livorno 1883–1979), one of the most highly regarded exponents of20th-century post-Macchiaioli painting in Livorno. The work depicts an intenserural night landscape, dominated by an ancient well in the foreground and alit farmhouse in the background, immersed in an evocativetwilight atmosphere. The composition stands out for its masterful use oflight: the contrast between the deep tones of the sky and the warm lightemanating from the cottage’s window creates a poetic andcontemplative effect typical of Natali’s artistic sensibility.Born in Livorno in 1883, Renato Natali was one of theleading figures of the 20th-century Tuscan art scene, participatingseveral times in the Venice Biennale and contributing to the founding of theLabronico Group. Signed lower left and also on the reverse. https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Natali
40x30 cm
70x59 cm with period frame