Emilio Scanavino (1922-1986) - Untitled
Oil on canvas cardboard. 1972, signed r.o. Dimensions of image ca 20*25 cm.
Provenance: on the back again the signature of Scandavino plus a stamp of Galleria Regis, Finale Ligure (this gallery opened in 1967, several works by Scandavino, with the same stamp, were sold at this gallery in the late 1960s, early 1970s).
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Oil on canvas cardboard. 1972, signed r.o. Dimensions of image ca 20*25 cm.
Provenance: on the back again the signature of Scandavino plus a stamp of Galleria Regis, Finale Ligure (this gallery opened in 1967, several works by Scandavino, with the same stamp, were sold at this gallery in the late 1960s, early 1970s).
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Biography
Italian artist Scanavino studied at the Nicolò Barabino Art Academy in Genoa. He spent 1947 in Paris where he came into contact with Camille Bryen, among others. In 1954, his later trademark appears in his work; the stylized knot. This develops more and more in the paintings of the late 1970s into a knot that becomes easily recognizable as such. According to critics, Scanavino’s work aligns with Abstract Expressionism and informal abstraction after World War II.
