Remo Brindisi - Painting of Venice, oil on canvas, 1970s

Oil on canvas depicting the city of Venice, created by Remo Brindisi in the 1970s. Width 50 cm, height 59 cm including frame. A twentieth-century realist painter, he was born in Rome in 1918. His artistic studies led him to travel extensively, visiting cities such as Florence, Paris, and Venice before moving to Milan. During the Second World War, he was called up for service and was imprisoned by the Germans, but after managing to escape, he took refuge in Venice until the Liberation. Between the 1940s and 1950s, he participated in the Venice Biennials and the Rome Quadrennials, exhibiting tendencies close to the Informal style. In the 1970s, he also served as president of the Milan Triennale.