David Beghè

Large oil painting on canvas depicting a coastal view with the beach of Cavi di Lavagna. A rough sea crashes against the cliff, on the right the promenade leading to the town and in the background the beach overlooking the town. The work, pictorially of remarkable quality, is in excellent condition, without restorations, in first canvas and with a coeval guilloché frame. Signed lower right D. Beghè and dated 1925. The dimensions are: 150 x 115 including the frame, 120 x 80 the canvas alone.   Another work entirely similar to ours is preserved at the Civic Museum of Natural History in Milan but dated 1926. In this regard, see the following link: https://www.lombardiabeniculturali.it/opere-arte/schede/8i070-00018/   David Beghè (Calice al Cornoviglio, May 3, 1854 – Calice al Cornoviglio, January 17, 1933) was an Italian painter   David Beghè was born in Nasso[1], a fraction of Calice al Cornoviglio, son of the landowner Giuseppe Beghè and Maria Zanelli[2], being baptized in the parish church of Santa Maria. The young man took his first steps in painting growing up in one of the notable families of Calice, inspired by the Christian faith (his uncle Don Gioacchino was a priest). He began his studies at the Academy of Fine Arts in Carrara, then moved to Milan where he continued them at the Brera Academy. In the Milanese academy he was able to compare and relate under the direction of two of the most famous painters of the time, Francesco Hayez and Giuseppe Bertini. He also received valuable lessons on the art of fresco from the painter Giovanni Valtorta. He graduated in 1875 in Art History. A landscaper, portraitist and great fresco artist, he also loved to rest playing the organ during breaks from work inside the many churches where he was called to work. During the fresco work in the church of San Giovanni Battista in Chiavari in 1888 he met Valentina Torsegno, whom he married, settled in Milan and had four children: Raffaele, Maria, Ermenegildo, Caterina and Pio Leone.[3] Although he spent much of his time away from his native country he never lost the link with it and it was in Nasso that he held a real cultural debate with Agostino Fossati, another great Spezzino painter who had chosen the calicese as his summer residence area. Beghè died on January 15, 1933; his remains rest in the family chapel of the cemetery of the fraction Santa Maria of the Municipality of Calice al Cornoviglio.   A regular certificate of authenticity with photos is issued. We ensure a reply to your emails within 24 hours. REGISTERED IN THE REGISTER OF EXPERTS AND CTU AT THE COURT OF LA SPEZIA