Stefano - Reading by the Lake
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Reading by the Lake is a 2026 oil painting by Italian artist Stefano, original, hand signed, 100 x 75 x 2.5 cm, stretched on wood and ready to hang, with a Certificate of Authenticity included.
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Reading by the Lake
A young woman in a sweeping black dress sits absorbed in a book upon a sunlit windowsill, framed by an open shutter draped in climbing vines. Beyond her, a shimmering turquoise lake stretches toward distant violet hills beneath a bright sky. Vivid red poppies and white blossoms cascade around her figure, echoing the red ribbon in her brown hair. Thick, textured brushwork animates every surface with Impressionist energy, blending warm and cool tones in luminous, swirling strokes that breathe life into the tranquil, dreamy scene.
Size: 100 x 75 x 2.5 cm (H x W x D)
Stretched on wood and ready to hang!
- 100% hand-painted; unique piece
- Professional oil on high-grade canvas
- Framing is not included (edges are finished)
- Artist's signature on the reverse
- Certificate of Authenticity (COA) included
- Insured shipping via Italian courier
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About Stefano
Stefano is an Italian contemporary artist whose signature palette-knife impasto fuses impression with abstraction, drawing modern landscape into the realm of feeling. Working in layered oils, he builds terrains of light and texture where color, movement, and emotion collide-ridges catch the sun, scraped passages breathe, and horizons are implied rather than described.
Born in Milan and now based in a small town in the countryside, he draws equally on urban momentum and rural quiet. His process is physical and rhythmic: mixing dense pigments, laying and lifting paint, and letting the knife score and glide so that time remains inscribed on the surface. City lines loosen into gesture; meadows turn into chromatic tides.
Stefano's canvases open a conversation between reality and imagination, between memory and place. He turns recollection into motion and places into sensation, inviting viewers to linger, wander, and recognize themselves in the shifting distance.
Reading by the Lake
A young woman in a sweeping black dress sits absorbed in a book upon a sunlit windowsill, framed by an open shutter draped in climbing vines. Beyond her, a shimmering turquoise lake stretches toward distant violet hills beneath a bright sky. Vivid red poppies and white blossoms cascade around her figure, echoing the red ribbon in her brown hair. Thick, textured brushwork animates every surface with Impressionist energy, blending warm and cool tones in luminous, swirling strokes that breathe life into the tranquil, dreamy scene.
Size: 100 x 75 x 2.5 cm (H x W x D)
Stretched on wood and ready to hang!
- 100% hand-painted; unique piece
- Professional oil on high-grade canvas
- Framing is not included (edges are finished)
- Artist's signature on the reverse
- Certificate of Authenticity (COA) included
- Insured shipping via Italian courier
***Important Shipping Info***
All lots ship via Catawiki Smart Shipping. Please confirm your address before paying; if you need to update it afterward, contact Catawiki directly.
About Stefano
Stefano is an Italian contemporary artist whose signature palette-knife impasto fuses impression with abstraction, drawing modern landscape into the realm of feeling. Working in layered oils, he builds terrains of light and texture where color, movement, and emotion collide-ridges catch the sun, scraped passages breathe, and horizons are implied rather than described.
Born in Milan and now based in a small town in the countryside, he draws equally on urban momentum and rural quiet. His process is physical and rhythmic: mixing dense pigments, laying and lifting paint, and letting the knife score and glide so that time remains inscribed on the surface. City lines loosen into gesture; meadows turn into chromatic tides.
Stefano's canvases open a conversation between reality and imagination, between memory and place. He turns recollection into motion and places into sensation, inviting viewers to linger, wander, and recognize themselves in the shifting distance.
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Artist
Stefano
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Edition
Original
Title of artwork
Reading by the Lake
Technique
Oil painting
Signature
Hand signed
Country of origin
Italy
Year
2026
Condition
Excellent condition
Height
100 cm
Width
75 cm
Weight
4 kg
Style
Impressionism
Period
2020+
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