Arturo Zanieri (1870-1955) - Il fiore nei capelli

Oil painting on plywood
Signed bottom left: A. Zanieri Maccagno 1948
Oval measurements: 88.5 x 77.5 cm
Framed size: 101.5 x 89 cm
The painting is in excellent condition, of very high quality
The frame is in good condition,
Neither the painting nor the frame require restoration.
In case of sale the painting will be adequately packed and insured for transport

Arturo Zanieri, was born on March 7, 1870, in Florence, where he began his artistic career in 1885, attending the studio of the Florentine painter Niccolò Cecconi, author of allegories and portraits. In 1886, for four years, he attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, following the teachings of the painters Stefano Ussi and Lorenzo Gelati, who directed him toward the study of portraits and the drawing of the nude. In 1889, he ranked second among seventeen competitors in the academy’s live-nude drawing competition. In 1890 he participated in the exhibition of the Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts of Florence and took part in subsequent editions while he frequented the artistic circle of the Caffè Michelangiolo and was among the founding members of the Florence Artistic Circle, and in 1891 he attended the studio of the Florentine Lorenzo Gelati, a member of the Caffè Michelangiolo, and in 1892 he opened his studio in Florence.