Elaino Fantuzzi Antique Italian Pretty Woman Portrait Oil Painting Old Realism

  

CHARMING ANTIQUE ITALIAN IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY ESTEEMED ITALIAN PAINTER ELAINO FANTUZZI. THIS WORK DEPICTS A PORTRAIT OF A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN WITH HER HAIR ELEGANTLY PULLED BACK INTO A BUN. SHE'S WEARING A TURQUOISE LOW-CUT DRESS EXUDING SOPHISTICATION. THE CHOICE OF TURQUOISE ADDS A SPLASH OF VIBRANT COLOR TO THE PORTRAIT, MAKING IT A VISUALLY STRIKING COMPOSITION.

SIGNED BY FANTUZZI IN THE LOWER LEFTHAND CORNER. IT DATES AROUND THE 1940s. THIS PAINTING SHOWS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT CRAQUELURE AND WEAR.

THE FRAME HAS CHIPS AND SCRATCHES AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS: 33" H x 25" W. Elaino Fantuzzi (1909 - 1987) was active/lived in France and Italy. Elaino Fantuzzi is known for Abstract figurative painting, portraits, and genre.

Born: 1909 - Modena, Italy. Died: 1987 - Verona, Italy. Elaino Fantuzzi was born in 1909 in Modena, Italy.

At the young age of 15, he attended the School of Arts in Verona and, after only one year, was promoted to the Academy. He first opened a studio in Montparnasse, where he struggled for years. He met Picasso in 1939 and entered his social circle, taking his work beyond Paris to Lione, Bordeaux, and Grenoble. He established relationships with other great artists, such as Chagall, Matisse, and Braque, whose influences can clearly be seen throughout his works. Fantuzzi put his budding art career on hold to enlist in the French Army soon after the start of World War II.

In 1940, he was captured and sent to a concentration camp. In 1943, he moved to Rome to try his luck in the art world again, and his work quickly became renowned. After an exhibition in Trieste, he met the Russo brothers, who brought him into their elite social circle of artists and critics. There, he gained favorable exposure for his paintings and increased demand for his works. His exhibits were very successful, and he participated in the "Quadreinnale of Rome" and Biennale in Venice.

He painted scenes of peace and war with the use of animals. This work gained Fantuzzi great notoriety, and he became known worldwide. He exhibited in Germany, Belgium, Israel, Switzerland, Lebanon, and the USA.

Then, finally, in the 1960s, he settled in Capri, eventually moving back to his hometown in Verona in the 70s. He continued to exhibit and paint until his death in 1987.