Filippo de Pisis, Still Life with the Kingfisher
Filippo de Pisis (Ferrara 1896 – Milan 1956) Still life with kingfisher, 1925 Oil on cardboard, 46 x 71.5 cm Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art “Filippo de Pisis,” inv. 640. Still life with kingfisher records Filippo de Pisis’ first steps toward the acquisition of his own pictorial language and the gradual loosening of […]
Aroldo Bonzagni, Flames in the Mediterranean
Aroldo Bonzagni Flames in the Mediterranean, 1914 (Cento 1887 – Milan 1918) Oil on canvas, 71 x 182 cm Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art “Filippo de Pisis,” inv. 0618 Born into a very modest family in the province of Ferrara, young Aroldo Bonzagni moved to Milan in 1903 to attend the Brera Academy, where […]
Roberto Melli, Self-Portrait
Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 – Rome 1958) Self-portrait, 1933 Oil on canvas, 62 x 50 cm Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art “Filippo de Pisis,” inv. 578 L’Self-portrait by Roberto Melli was purchased by the City of Ferrara in 1934 and is one of the first works of the twentieth century to enter the […]
Roberto Melli, Lady in the Black Hat
Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 – Rome 1958) Lady in the Black Hat (Portrait of Zoe Lampronti Campagnano), c. 1913 Plaster, 37.5 x 41 x 28.5 cm Ferrara, “Filippo de Pisis” Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art“, inv. 589 After an initial training in Ferrara, Melli moved to Genoa where he tried his hand at […]