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Original Lithograph Signed Luigi Lucioni Circa 1930 title: "The Vermont Pastoral" 33X20"
Biography:
He was born in 1900 in Malnate, near Milan in northern Italy, and came to the United States when he was 10 Luigi Lucioni, best known for his realist landscapes and still lifes, immigrated to the U.S. in 1911 and settled in New Jersey. Lucioni was awarded the Tiffany Foundation Scholarship, enabling him to return to Italy briefly. Beginning in 1929, he spent part of each year in Stowe, Vermont, where he painted still lifes and landscapes. Regarding subject matter, one of the most important of his various Vermont compositions is Vermont Landscape, in which his vision crystallizes in a single, panoramic view where a solitary copse of elms takes center stage. This work signals the emergence of a sustained theme in Lucioni抯 career, often considered to be his hallmark梙is discerning depiction of trees, particularly birches, and his enormous love for them as individual specimens. In some ways, as the years passed, they took the place of human portraits, which he eventually found uncomfortable to record. But in a tree, whether it was an elm, poplar, pine, locust, maple, or birch, such compositions as Beyond the Pine enabled Lucioni to establish an Emerson-like kinship for the beauty and character of the natural world. In the 1930s while European modernism was gaining momentum in the United States, Lucioni remained committed to realism.
By popular vote, he won first prize at the 1939 Carnegie International Exhibition for the portrait of Ethel Waters. Also, by popular vote, his painting won first prize at the Corcoran Biennials of 1939, 1941,1947 and 1949. While he was in Italy, Lucioni studied early Renaissance work that left a lasting impression on the artist. His crisp, detailed, flat patterns are similar to 15th century Flemish Masters.
REALIST ARTIST LUIGI LUCIONI, 87 (New York Times News Service) Dimensions:33.00 x 19.50 inches 44.00x30.00x2.00 inches