Giuseppe Raggio

Giuseppe Raggio (Chiavari 1823-1916) "Well-deserved rest" oil signed and dated lower left 1869 Width cm. 50 height cm. 62 "Raggio, initially linked to religious themes, later underwent the influence of Macchiaioli painting, especially that of Fattori (regarding drawing and chromatism)... The theme, always the same, the representation of the countryside of the Roman countryside, of the peasants, of the wild power of the buffalo herds, of the vigor of the cowboys on horseback. Thus began his peregrinations in the surroundings of Rome, in the Pontine Marshes and in the Grosseto area; he became passionate about this world and not only because he represents it in his paintings, he lives it intimately, with sacrifice, almost in indigence. His meeting with the painter Nino Costa was decisive; he was also linked to the same themes, which he will however execute with more vivid chromatic tones, differently from Raggio who interprets his subjects with a better realism and intensity of his own, among other things, of the great animalist painter..." from Archivio Liguria Pittori tra '800 e '900 (Liguria Archive of Painters between the 19th and 20th centuries). Each painting in our Gallery is sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by an Expert Witness of the Court and the Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture of Genoa.