Painting by Giovanni Sottocornola, Interior of a Stable

Oil on canvas. Signed lower left. The work was previously acquired at the Sotheby's Milan auction on 12/10/2007. It was exhibited in 1991 in the exhibition "Giovanni Sottocornola. Images from a collection" held in Milan at the Galleria Silbernagl. After an initial painting phase dedicated to portraits and still lifes, Giovanni Sottocornola approached social themes in the 1880s, which were becoming the favorite subjects of young Lombard painters attentive to the most miserable aspects of society, linked to the adoption of original artistic techniques. Sottocornola embraced the practice of divisionist painting, of which he wrote in 1895 "For now it is certain, I am convinced there is no other painting more suitable to render certain sensations than this". This type of painting, however, remained entirely focused on light, on its uncertain tonal vibrations, as happens in the Interior of a Stable, created towards the end of the 1880s, where the play of light and shadows plays and creates the visual effects in the brushstrokes of color played on a few chromatic ranges, those of browns, expressed in a wide multiplicity of tones. The opera is presented in a stylish frame. Product Condition: Product in good condition, has small signs of wear. We try to present the actual state as completely as possible with the photos. If some details are not clear from the photos, the description prevails. Frame dimensions (cm): Height: 137 Width: 187 Depth: 6 Work dimensions (cm): Height: 132 Width: 182 ARAROT0214056