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Carlo Balestrini (1868-1922) was an Italian painter whose best-known works are impressionist landscapes with animals such as this painting depicting farmers and horses working the sheaves of the Lombard countryside.
From A.M. Comanducci 1962 – (Carlo Balestrini) Born on 03/24/1868 in Milan where he died on 02/10/1923. He undertook classical studies which he abandoned to attend the Brera Academy. He treated the figure and the landscape; he preferred free-air themes and animal painting but above all he interpreted the reflected scenes of his Lombard countryside. He won the Gavazzi Prize and the Prize for historical painting at the Milan Triennale in 1897 with the painting “Abele”. Among his works stand out: “Cavallanti di ritorno” purchased by the King of Italy; “Landscape (pastel) exhibited in Milan in 1900 at the Lombard 19th century exhibition; “A Milanese street” in the picture gallery of the Patriotic Society of Milan; “The sleds”; “The flowers at the convent”; “Tugs on the canal” exhibited in Venice in 1907, “The snowfall”; “The quiet of vespers”; “Sad vigil”; “The port of Milan”; “Snow effect” (Venice Biennale 1914).
Carlo Balestrini is one of the most representative painters of the 19th century and one of his paintings can enhance any painting collection.
Technique: oil on canvas
Period: late 19th-early 20th century
Painting size: 55 x 80 cm
Painting size with frame: 70.5 x 95.5 cm
Conditions: The condition of the painting is excellent, the colors are well preserved, paint well anchored to the canvas. Light crazing. Some signs of aging on the frame.