Sergio Cirno Bissi (1902-1987) - Venezia - NO RESERVE

Evocative oil-on-panel painting of Italian origin dating from the early 20th century.

The work depicts a view of a Venetian canal and is signed lower left: C.S. Bissi.

Sergio Cirno Bissi (Carmignano, PO, 1902 - Florence, 1987)

Bissi was a professional painter for more than five decades, bringing Italian culture to canvas. Presenting the many faces of Italy, from past to present, his art captures both ancient traditions and contemporary lifeways, allowing for compositions rich in emotional impact.
With his delightful and commanding impressionistic flair, Bissi captures color, form, and texture that paint intimate scenes of the Italian people. With charm, sensitivity, and grace, he portrays his compatriots in their natural environment, his paintings expressing their Innocent, unmixed, unspoiled way of life by modern industrialism.
Remembering post-impressionist Italian painters, Bissi reveals the technique of divisionism in his art. The separate strokes of color are placed side by side, contrasting and illuminating the individual and the intrinsic brilliance of each pure tone. To a novice, his brushwork may seem casual in placement, but this illusion of disorder is only a classic example of impressionism at its best. When viewed from a distance, every composition comes to life, clear, direct, and visually captivating. No edge or hard line is visible in his art. Each stroke is freely laid on the canvas, light and delicate, quickly applied, resulting in a range of interplaying rosy tones. Yellows, reds, blues, golds, greens, and more blend and polarize... creating dazzling scenes that render his style both unique and inimitable.
Bissi’s art is saturated with color, gifts of beauty to the eye. It is interesting to note that before Bissi became a professional painter, he was an internationally renowned Vaudeville Theater actor. He traveled half the world from Oslo to Cape Town, from Berlin to London, down to France and Spain. These exciting years opened his eyes to the beauty of European culture and the fascinating terrain around every city and town. These memories are now artistically transformed on canvas into intimate and spontaneous scenes.

Bissi exhibited throughout Italy, and his works can be found in private collections in France, England, America, and South America.

Condition: painting in good condition
Size of work: 51 cm x 35 cm
With the frame included: 64 cm x 48 cm

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