Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico, "Horse," signed, oil on canvas, 1950 Beautiful oil painting on canvas by the famous painter Giorgio de Chirico, depicting a horse pawing at the ground. The work is signed at the lower right "g. de Chirico," and is datable to the second half of the 1950s. The work is archived by the Giorgio and Isa de Chrico Foundation in Rome. It has Authentication from the same Foundation. Measurements: Framed H 45 x W 57 / Canvas 20 x 30 cm. De Chirico's Horses are vibrant with life; moved by pictorial matter and dreamlike imagination, they seem animated by an inexhaustible life. If for the great artist of Greek origin, the eagle is the freest animal and the donkey the most intelligent, the horse is undoubtedly the most "pictorial." (...) The presence of horses, agile and powerful, is softened by a meek and defenseless expression, because, as he himself says, "I love animals because I consider them defenseless, unprotected beings. That is why I love them. Every victim, every being overwhelmed by the bullying of others enjoys all my love." Thus drawing, painting and sculpture become a declaration of love for the life of the most fragile;