1281353

WORK OF ART BY"A. BRIOSCHI" (1855-1920)OIL ON #1281353

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WORK OF ART BY A. BRIOSCHI  (1855-1920)OIL ON #1281353
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Description: - OIL ? A SURPRISING "SCUGNIZZO" (A NEAPOLITAN STREET BOY). Extraordinary and realistic portrait of a Neapolitan boy in typical "scugnizzo" pose, with a cigarette between his lips and his upturned chin in sense of defy. His eyes are right, large and black, and give the image of the one who is grown up too early, but he hasn't forgotten to be a child and keeps his impudence attitude that often accompanies the raids of those who have only the street to live, to learn how to grow up and play. His eyes communicate more than they want and in a moment, we are catapulted in a shouting and joyful reality, even when there is nothing to be glad, in a reality where you can pass, in a moment, from the excited merry to the desperation that makes hair torn: all that is expressed with extreme theatricality. The Neapolitan streets, where the clever children, with black curls and hair, are often the unique source of sustenance for parents and brothers, always too numerous and starving, "scugnizzi" who attest their being adult in a cloud of smoke that burns dreams and thoughts. The informal jacket and the red handkerchief, tied to his neck, make him look like an adult, not only for the frills, emphasized by the author with large and dense brushstrokes in order to underline the contrast with the undeniably infantile features of his face. The chosen technique is neither delicate nor precise, but immediate and determined, without indulgences of academic character, but he is painted with ...
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<tr><td>Condition:VERY GOOD</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:CIRCA XIX CENTURY</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:ITALIAN PROVENANCE</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:ANTON BRIOSCHI (1855-1920)</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:13.7</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:1.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:21.6</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:WORK OF ART BY"A. BRIOSCHI" (1855-1920)OIL ON</td></tr>


<tr><td>Type:OIL ON CANVAS</td></tr>
<tr><td>Location:ITALIA</td></tr>
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