LUIGI CAGLIANI ITALIAN, 'THE CAROUSEL' OIL PAINTING

Luigi Cagliani
Italian, 1910-1987
'The Carousel'
Signed: L. Cagliani - (lr) black pigment.

Oil on Canvas
12 x 16 inches

Condition report: Near excellent; 100% original surface paint, no in-paint. Displays beautifully! Lot Note(s): Housed in its original hand carved (baroque style) gilt wooden frame with medium sized linen liner.

Additional notes: Cagliani canvas (typical linen) red vertical stripes ? seen on verso. Inventory number: FA 362 & F#339 (similar canvas was also used by: Morton Kunstler (Born 1931).

PROVENANCE:
Private collection, LI New York;
By descent to the present owner.

ARTIST BIO:
Luigi Cagliani was an Italian Impressionist who worked in the first half of the 20th century. Italian sources note that he was active in Lombardy, which helps explain his penchant for lakeside scenes. He also loved to paint scenes set in Venice.

Dino Bonari, a critic involved in the Society of Independent Art in Milan, wrote in 1944 that Cagliani's paintings were 'delicate and moving', romantic in almost a 19th century sense. Cagliani's women, Bonari put it, combine fantasy and solidity.

Original untouched, original paint (some paint loss), some separation of the legs (near mounting bolts) all original hardware; lacking paper marquee, and keys. Overall Condition: Very Good to (Excellent). Works great.