Cosimo Privato (1899-1971) - Nudo Femminile - NO RESERVE

Important painting from a collection.

Cosimo Privato (1899-1971)

Female nudity

Authentic signed work with authenticity certificate

Pencil sketch on paper

Cosimo Private
Cosimo Privato (1899-1971) is one of the most talented and original painters of the 'old guard' of Venice: the group that came to prominence in the late 1920s. He has always lived in Venice: he rarely moved away from his city. He was the first among his friends and peers (Novati, Mori, Seibezzi, Ravenna, Dalla Zorza, Bergamini, etc.) to achieve success.

In 1926, he was welcomed at the Biennale, where he subsequently exhibited at every edition until 1938.

In 1930, he was the youngest exhibitor at the Biennale; in 1934, a large wall was dedicated to him with seven works. He exhibited at the Opera Bevilacqua La Masa every year from 1920 to 1940.

Between the Twenties and Thirties, he was a regular at exhibitions: it suffices to mention the Quadriennale in Rome in 1935, the famous Pittsburgh Exhibition (USA) in 1932, the exhibitions in Prague, Vienna, Warsaw, Athens, and Sofia organized by the Biennale, the first International Exhibition in Fiume in 1925; and also the international Decorative Arts exhibition in Monza, the Permanente in Milan, the Milan Biennials, and the Regional Exhibitions in Padua and Vicenza. He held his first solo show at the Celentano Gallery in Milan in 1930; followed by others in Padua, Trieste, Bergamo, Verona, and Venice (Gallery Sandri, 1941).

That of Milan (Galleria Mediolanum, 1946) was his last major solo exhibition. Others followed, but rarely, in the post-war period, mainly in Trieste.

He became increasingly reclusive, participating in some sporadic group exhibitions. After his death, several posthumous tributes were organized, the first of which took place in October 1971 in Venice at the San Vidal gallery.

Many works were commissioned by private individuals, starting with the cartoons for mosaic decoration in the reception hall at the Royal Palace of Cairo. He had frequent contacts, always in the 1920s and 1930s, but also later, with national and foreign merchants who purchased his works. His paintings were awarded multiple times at official exhibitions and purchased.

Among the acquisitions are those of the King at the 1932 Venice Biennale, the Municipality of Venice, and other entities at the Bevilacqua La Masa exhibitions in 1927-29-31-32, the Ministry of Public Education for the Modern Art Gallery of Rome, the Municipality of Bari, the Bank of Italy, and the Savings Bank of Venice, as well as the Prefecture of Venice. Many critics have written about him, from Ojetti to Damerini, from Nebbia to Pozzi, from Celentano to Passarella, from Perocco to Rizzi. This in Mestre is the first anthology retrospective, as well as the occasion for the first true publication beyond the few leaflets and catalogs that remain to us.


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The frame is included as a gift.

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