Mario Marcucci

Mario Marcucci, "Still Life", oil on canvas, signed, 1930s Beautiful painting depicting a still life, table with pots and pans. Signed in the lower right corner. On the back is the stamp of the Cavour Art Gallery in Forte dei Marmi (LU). Authenticated by the Cavour Art Gallery in Forte dei Marmi (LU). Measurements: Framed H 60 x W 68 / Canvas H 40 x W 50 cm BIO Self-taught, inspired by Ottone Rosai, he excelled in depicting landscapes and still lifes. His early works date from the late 1920s and early 1930s and demonstrate the artist's preference for oil and watercolor paintings, and subjects drawn from the domestic and family context. This early artistic period of his is usually described by critics as naive and subject to the influence of the great masters of the Macchiaiolo period such as Silvestro Lega and Giovanni Fattori. In 1934 he held an exhibition of his work at the Kursaal, or the Viareggio casino, accompanied by a review by Gino Parenti, a figure through whom he approached the style of Scipione (Gino Bonichi) and Mario Mafai. Later, in 1937, he won, tied with Fabio Sargentini, the Viani Prize, gaining the esteem of Carlo Carrà, who highlighted him in an article in the "Ambrosiano" as one of the most outstanding figures of young Italian painting. In 1940 he exhibited at the "Il Milione" Gallery in Milan. His painting was compared to that of great artists such as Giorgio Morandi, Ottone Rosai, and Filippo De Pisis.