Bruno Cassinari (Italian, 1912-1992), Abstract Composition

Oil on cardboard, signed at lower right, unframed.

12 x 28 in.

From the Collection of Professor Roberto Severino, Washington, D.C.

Bruno Cassinari was born in Piacenza, Italy. He studied painting at the Brera Academy under Aldo Carpi. In 1946, he became a founding member of the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti, along with Renato Birolli, Renato Guttuso, Ennio Morlotti, Leonardo Leoncillo, and Alberto Viani, aiming to restore optimism to post-war Italian art.

Wear and associated losses at the edges and corners, minor areas of flaking, slight warping to board.