Proferio Grossi (1923-2000) - Natura morta con melagrane, uva e brocca

Proferio Grossi (Vignale 1923 - Parma 2000) - Still Life with Pomegranates, Grapes and Pitcher.

50 x 70 cm (unframed) - 70 x 89 cm (framed).

Oil on faesite, in a silvered wooden frame.

Work signed and dated in the bottom right: «Proferio Grossi 1984».

Proferio Grossi trained in Parma, moved to Milan and enrolled at the Brera Academy, where he studied under Atanasio Soldati. In 1948 he joined the Movimento Arte Concreta, and then devoted himself to the “object painting,” a thread to which he remained tied throughout his career, alternating it with abstract research. He exhibited in numerous solo and group shows in Italy and abroad, and his works are preserved in museums and public and private collections.

The painting presents a composition of everyday objects arranged on a light-toned plane: a kerosene lamp, an inverted chalice, a pedestal with pomegranates and grape clusters, a dark bottle, a two-handled terracotta jug and a glass with a trace of wine. In the background, split between an orange tone and a blue-gray, is affixed a sheet bearing a masculine profile of classical taste. The signature, drawn on a painted scroll in the foreground, is inserted into the illusionistic play of the scene. The diffused light and the smooth brushwork confer a suspended, quiet presence to the objects.

Condition report: Good condition of the painting surface.

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