Emanuele Cappello (XX ) - Piazza con monumento equestre e figure

Emanuele Cappello (1936) - Large "View of a Square with Equestrian Monument and Figures" - Oil on canvas 50x70 cm - 70s/80s

Lot description:
Important oil painting on canvas by master Emanuele Cappello, an artist trained in Palermo, Florence and at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, widely documented in contemporary art repertoires and included in the prestigious international Bénézit dictionary.
The work depicts a lively and dynamic city square dominated in the center by an equestrian monument on a high white base. The composition is executed with a markedly painterly technique, rich in chiaroscuro contrasts and flat areas laid on with skilled use of spatula and brush, elements typical of the artist's mature production (roughly placed between the late 1970s and the 1980s).
Passersby, rendered with rapid and fluttering strokes of pure color (notable touches of red and green), emphasize the sense of movement, transience, and vitality of urban space.
Author: Emanuele Cappello (Vittoria, 1936)
Title/Subject: View of square with equestrian monument and figures
Era: 70s / 80s
Technique: Oil on canvas
Dimensions of the canvas alone: 50 x 70 cm
Inscriptions: Signed "E. Cappello" at bottom right on the front; counter-signed in full "E. Cappello" on the back of the canvas.
Condition: Excellent.
Original wooden frame equipped with commercial wedge tensioners.

Note on the frame: The work is presented complete with its original frame with fabric matting. The frame is considered a pure courtesy of the exhibitor and is therefore strictly excluded from any type of challenge, dispute or claim regarding its condition, its shipping, or any signs of wear.