Pair of Italian Antique Watercolours Views, Landscapes, Monuments of Rome signed

  

CLASSICAL ITALIAN ART - ANTIQUE AND RARE WATERCOLOURS WITH VIEWS, LANDSCAPES AND MONUMENTS OF ROME FROM THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY. ARTIST: GIUSEPPE NINO RAMORINO (ITALY - BRESCIA, 1894 - 1978). SUBJECT: VIEWS OF ROME - LANDSCAPES OF ROME - MONUMENTS OF ROME. DESCRIPTION IN THE ORDER OF THE PHOTOS. 1 - WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER DEPICTING A VIEW OF ROME WITH GARDENS, CHURCH AND DOME OF ST.

PETER, SIGNED LOWER LEFT G. DATING FROM THE 1930S, IN PERIOD FRAME. VERY GOOD CONDITION OF THE SHEET, ON THE FRAME SIGNS OF WEAR AND TIME. WATERCOLOUR MEASURES: 31 CM HEIGHT X 22 CM WIDTH. FRAME MEASURES: CM 41 HEIGHT X CM 32 WIDTH.

2 - WATERCOLOUR ON PAPER DEPICTING A LANDSCAPE OF ROME, A COUNTRYSIDE ROAD, WITH PINE AND CYPRESSES TREES, SIGNED LOWER RIGHT G. VERY GOOD CONDITION OF THE SHEET, ON THE FRAME SIGNS OF WEAR AND TEAR AND TIME MEASUREMENTS OF THE SHEET: CM 31 HEIGHT X CM 22 WIDTH. GIUSEPPE NINO RAMORINO'S WATERCOLOURS ARE ASTONISHING FOR THE FAITHFULNESS WITH WHICH HE PORTRAYS ANCIENT MONUMENTS, ARCHITECTURAL TREASURES, BUT ALSO THE ATMOSPHERE OF LANDSCAPES OF A BYGONE ERA. ONE OF THE BEST ITALIAN WATERCOLOURISTS OF THE LAST TWO CENTURIES, HE VENTURED INTO THE FORESHORTENINGS, LANDSCAPES AND VIEWS OF VARIOUS ITALIAN CITIES, INCLUDING ROME, MILAN, NAPLES AND BRESCIA. TODAY HIS WATERCOLOURS ARE EXTREMELY RARE. THEY CAN MOSTLY BE ADMIRED IN THE FORM OF REPRODUCTIONS THROUGH PRINTS, WHICH ARE VERY COMMON, AND ILLUSTRATIONS IN OLD BOOKS. THIS EXTRAORDINARY PAIR OF WATERCOLOURS BY MAESTRO RAMORINO IS THEREFORE A VALUABLE ARTISTIC AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENT. HIS ORIGINAL WORKS - WATERCOLOURS, ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS - ARE HELD IN PUBLIC COLLECTIONS AND MUSEUMS IN ITALY AND VARIOUS PRIVATE COLLECTIONS IN ITALY AND ABROAD. BRIEF BIOGRAPHICAL AND ARTISTIC NOTES ON GIUSEPPE NINO RAMORINO.

(MILAN, 19 APRIL 1894 - BRESCIA, 1 JULY 1978). HE WAS AN ETCHER, XYLOGRAPHER, WATERCOLOURIST, MINIATURIST. OF PARENTS FROM BRESCIA, HE STUDIED IN PARMA AND THEN AT THE ROYAL ACADEMY ALBERTINA IN TURIN IN 1914. IN 1916 HE EXHIBITED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN BRESCIA.

IN 1924 HE EXHIBITED 74 WORKS AT THE THEATRE IN BRA, IN 1925 AT THE NATIONAL BRERA EXHIBITION, IN 1926 AT THE INTERNATIONAL WATERCOLOUR EXHIBITION, IN 1927 AT THE MILAN ARTISTS' EXHIBITION. FOR HIS POSTCARDS OF BRESCIA HE RECEIVED THE HIGHEST PRAISE FROM CRITIC CLÉMENT MORRO IN THE "REVUE MODERNE ILLUSTRÉE DES ARTS ET DE LA VIE" IN FEBRUARY 1927. IN 1927 HE WON THE COMPETITION ORGANISED BY THE DE AGOSTINI GEOGRAPHICAL INSTITUTE IN NOVARA, OF WHICH HE WAS APPOINTED ARTISTIC DIRECTOR. IN MAY 1932 HE EXHIBITED 140 WORKS REPRODUCING ITALIAN PANORAMAS AT THE GRAND HOTEL IN GARDONE R. IN 1930 HE EXHIBITED IN VEZZA D'OGLIO. IN 1934 HE WAS PRESENT IN MILAN IN THE COLLECTIVE EXHIBITION OF THE PESARO GALLERY. IN DECEMBER 1952 AND AGAIN IN 1963 WITH NUMEROUS DRAWINGS, WATERCOLOURS, ETCHINGS AND MINIATURES ON IVORY. HE ALSO REAPPEARED IN GROUP EXHIBITIONS, WITH WORKS DEDICATED TO BRESCIA, ITS MONUMENTS, STREETS AND CASTLE, REVEALING HIMSELF TO BE A HIGH QUALITY DRAUGHTSMAN, A SINCERE AND SPONTANEOUS WATERCOLOURIST, GAINING PRAISE FROM CRITICS SUCH AS OJETTI, CARRÀ, L. GIGLI, AND IN BRESCIA FROM FAVERO, FEROLDI, ETC.

ALL THE PAINTINGS WE PRESENT FOR SALE ARE UNIQUE PIECES, ORIGINAL PAINTINGS, WHERE THEY ARE NOT LIMITED EDITION ART PRINTS (LITHOGRAPHS AND SILKSCREENS), CHOSEN WITH EXPERIENCE, PROFESSIONALISM AND PASSION. WE DO THIS TO OFFER OUR PAINTINGS TO A WIDER AUDIENCE OF INTERNATIONAL VISITORS. EACH PAINTING IS SHOWN IN PHOTOS IN ITS ENTIRETY, EVEN WITH THE FRAME, IF PRESENT, AND IN DETAIL. PHOTOS ARE TAKEN AT HIGH RESOLUTION AND ARE INDICATIVE OF THE STATE OF PRESERVATION OF THE WORK. ANY DEFECTS ARE NOTED IN THE SALE DESCRIPTION.

THERE MAY BE SOME SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN COLOR DUE TO BOTH THE POSITION OF THE PAINTING IN RELATION TO THE LIGHT SOURCES AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES USED TO VIEW THE AD (DEPENDING ON THE DEVICE, PAINTINGS MAY APPEAR SLIGHTLY DARKER OR LIGHTER). THIS IS THE ONLY REASON FOR RETURN WHICH MUST BE WITHIN 14 DAYS AND WITH THE ORIGINAL PACKAGING.

WHERE IT IS NOT ALREADY PROVIDED AND STATED IN THE DESCRIPTION, IT IS POSSIBLE TO REQUEST FROM OUR GALLERY A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY OF THE WORK, WHICH WILL BE DELIVERED WITH THE PAINTING. WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FINE FRAMES, THE VALUE OF WHICH IS EXPRESSLY STATED IN THE ADVERTISEMENT, FOR ALL OTHER WORKS OF ART THAT FEATURE A FRAME, THE VALUE STATED REFERS EXCLUSIVELY TO THE WORK OF ART AND ITS AUTHOR, WHILE THE FRAME HAS A PURELY DECORATIVE VALUE.

WE WILL INFORM YOU ABOUT THE TIMING AND POSSIBILITIES OF OBTAINING THE REQUESTED ARTWORK. TO TAKE A PAINTING IS TO TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.