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Giuseppe Chiacigh © (Caucaso, 1895)
Landscape with horses and figures
Oil on masonite
h 50X60 cm in frame h 70X80 cm
The painter and architect G. Chiacigh was born in Vladikavkaz (Caucasus) to Italian citizens in 1985 and died in Trieste in 1967. His initial training as a painter took place in Russia at the Kazan Institute of Fine Arts (1915), followed by architectural studies at the Imperial Higher School of Architecture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Petrograd. However, these studies were soon interrupted due to the 1917 Revolution, only to be completed in Venice following his repatriation to Italy in 1920. Subsequently, he devoted himself equally to his work as an architect and a painter, preferring the latter from the mid-1940s. Other noteworthy activities included his role as artistic director for the C. Maschio company, his participation in the XVIII Venice Art Biennale (1932) and the realisation of the project for the architectural and frescoed reconstruction of the Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of Pilastrello in Lendinara (1939).
His paintings, exhibited in solo and group exhibitions nationally and internationally (Marseille, New York, Buenos Aires, London, Rio de Janeiro, etc.), always carried with them the memory of his country of origin, often depicting historical episodes from the Near East, clashes between knights, duels and popular scenes from the Caucasus region, initially using a placidly expressionist style and then, over time, veering towards a vaguely romantic neorealism.
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Signed lower right.
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