Oil on panel
Italy, around 1900
Luigi Conconi (1852-1917) – Milanese painter, etcher and architect
Signed “LConconi“ lower right
With a verso label by the Galleria Pesaro, Milan
Overall dimensions, framed: 40 x 30 cm
Size of the wooden panel 22.5 x 12 cm
Good condition
Provenance: Swiss private collection; Galleria Pesaro, Milan
A member of the Scapigliatura movement in Milan, the artist Luigi Conconi was a masterful portraitist of graceful scenes from the life of women

In his youth, the artist Luigi Conconi had joined a Milanese group of artists called ‘La Scapigliatura‘ (literally ‘dishevelled’, ‘unkempt’) that developed between 1860 and 1880. Following the Parisian bohème, the artists intended a fusion of their senses with the arts which was accompanied by a radical rejection of the normal, bourgeois life. French writers such as Baudelaire and Flaubert were read with great interest, whereas the artists also reflected the ideas of Symbolism.



The present work shows a charming portrait of a lady and is a late piece by Conconi, which he probably executed around 1900. The painting is a mature example of his artistic output, when the artist seems to have abandoned the drawn line for a looser rendering that defines the silhouette of the woman with just a few strokes. While Conconi has more accentuated her face, he merged the contours of her elegant dress almost entirely with the clayey ground.



The painting is in good condition considering its age and it is framed behind glass. The work is executed on a wooden panel. The edges show slight framing marks as well as minor material loss at the lower margin. The work is signed “LConconi” at the lower left. On the verso, a label reads “Galleria Pesaro Milano“. The work measures 22.5 cm in height and 12 cm in width. At the front side, the gilded wooden frame shows a small number of bumps. It measures 40 x 30 cm.



Luigi Conconi (1852-1917)

The artist Luigi Conconi initially worked as an architect, before his teacher Tranquillo Cremona (1837-1878) motivated him to join the Scapigliatura movement in Milan. As a member of this extravagant circle, Conconi refused the bourgeois lifestyle, in order to devote himself to art with all his senses. His style is influenced by Impressionist features, but his deeper interest was especially directed to the depiction of fantastic and mystical themes and the representation of women. Conconi also worked as an etcher and produced landscapes, marines and fantasy pieces as well as architectural vedute. During his lifetime, Conconi exhibited at the Paris World Exhibition in 1900 end the exhibition at the Munich Glass Palace the year after. Works by Luigi Conconi are traded internationally and can be found in the British Museum in London.

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