Piazza San Pietro

Piazza San Pietro is an original china ink and watercolor ink on cardboard with tempera details, realized in 1899 by Aleardo Terzi .

Hand-signed on the lower left A. Terzi .

Very good condition . 

Reference:

Niccolò D'Agati, A leardo Terzi / Una inedita serie postale ed altri lavori giovanili  (in Aa. Vv.  CONI D'OMBRA /Arte a Roma 1900-1940 ), Roma 2019, pp. 110-124.

Beautiful and refined artwork representing a very special place in Rome: in the center we can see the fabulous Piazza San Pietro with its columns, on the upper side a foreshortening of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore, one of the most impressive churches in Rome. 

The work has been realized by the Italian illustrator and artist Aleardo Terzi (Palermo, 1870 - Castelletto sopra Ticino, 1943). Terzi was born in a good family: his father Andrea was an important illustrator and, his mother Rose Engel, was born in a family close to the library factory. His brother Amedeo will became a drawer and will collaborate with Aleardo in some periods of his career. Aleardo attender the Academy of Fine Arts of Palermo that abandoned to collaborate with "La Tribuna Illustrata, an illustrated review. During this period he started to refine his graphic style where appear for the first time the feminine figure. In 1898 he moved to Milan, invited by his friend Mataloni, and began working at Officine Ricordi, where he met the most important advertising poster designers such as Adolfo Hohenstei and Marcello Dudovich. In 1904 he was nominated director and drawer at Danesi (Rome). Since 1911 he began the important collaboration with the publisher Edoardo Chappuis (Boulogne). During this period he also decorated majolicas for Richard-Ginori and realized scenographies and costume for the Theatre. 

Find More Works On Paper On Wallector.com!