Genève Enchères · Lot 701
Portrait of a man
Pastel
Original catalogue wording
Portrait d'homme
pastel
Catalogue period : 2016-12-15
Catalogue reference — sale not confirmed
Estimate : CHF 500–800
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Arturo Rietti
Born : 1863Died : 1943
Arturo Rietti (1863–1943), born in Trieste, is chiefly known as a portraitist. After a stay in Tuscany, he began training in Munich in 1884, later working between Trieste and Milan. His practice encompassed drawing, pastel and oil painting; the Fondazione CRTrieste collections include studies of faces and self-portraits among his works.
Portrait of the Fencing Master Barbasetti, a pastel on cardboard of 1896 in the Museo Revoltella, concentrates a palette of whites and greys on the sitter’s face. Light falling from above intensifies his expression. The foundation also owns Portrait of a Woman with a Small Hat, signed and dated 1935. The racial laws of 1938 cast a shadow over the final years of the painter, who was of Jewish descent.
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- LOMBARDIA-CULTURA · CC0-1.0
- LOMBARDIA-CULTURA · CC0-1.0
- LoC · Reference link only; institutional text and images are not reproduced.
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