Francesco Galotti (1916-1983) Cavaliere

About this piece

Charming oil painting of a knight on his horse made by the Italian painter Francesco Galotti (1916-1983).
It's called Cavaliere. The use of colour is very appealing. The composition with the division of the compartments worked well. For me it's a typical work of the 1950s.
Galotti painted this work in 1950 with oil on cardboard.

The painting is signed and dated on the back with "Cavaliere, Galotti '50".

Biography:
Francesco Antonio Galotti, March 24, 1916, Soriano (Calabria, Italy) - December 1, 1983, Sao Paulo, Brazil). Painter and sculptor. He was the son of the painter and sculptor Anibale Galotti.

He was trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples.

In 1933 he left for Sao Paulo in Brazil, after which he moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1958.
In 1967 he moved back to Sao Paulo where he lived until his death.

He exhibited at Galerie Grossman in Sao Paulo.
A year before his death, he made a large mural for the Hospital (Hospital Nove de Julho) in Sao Paulo.

Francesco Galotti worked in a figurative modern style, his leading theme in his work were people in their daily life.

Condition

Prima