1950 Sineo Gemignani (Livorno 1917-Empoli 1973) mixed media on paper

Very beautiful mixed media work, dated 1950, by the painter Sineo Gemignani. Sineo Gemignani (Livorno, July 30, 1917 – Empoli, May 22, 1973) was an Italian painter associated with the 20th-century realist movement. The works of Sineo Gemignani are included in many private and public collections; an important set of preparatory studies for the GIL fresco is preserved in the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints at the Uffizi. Additionally, a self-portrait from 1963 — which won first prize at the third edition of the "Premio Livorno" — is part of the self-portrait collection at the Uffizi Gallery. Some public works created by Gemignani are essential milestones in 20th-century Tuscan mural painting: the frescoes in the salon of the "Casa della GIL" in Florence, the frieze in the transaction room of the Commodity Exchange (Borsa Merci) — also in Florence —, the fresco at the Santa Maria a Ripa school near Empoli, as well as the reconstruction of the ceiling of the collegiate church of Sant'Andrea in Empoli. The Empoli Glass Museum houses the fresco titled *Il vetraio* (The Glassmaker). Furthermore, the municipal palace of Empoli preserves a collection donated by the local section of the Coop cooperative. Dimensions: frame 65 X 52 cm, painting 43 X 32 cm.