The port and the mill - painting by Édouard Righetti

The port and the mill - painting by édouard righetti. 66 X 50 cm. Édouard righetti was born on 14 july 1924 in menton, from a family of ticino origin settled in the alpes-maritimes at the end of the nineteenth century. The art of fresco painting was honored in his family: his father and maternal grandfather painted frescoes together. He began drawing at the age of 6 (or in 1932: car, street sketches, typical characters, portraits, etc.3. He began painting at the age of 13, he evoked this story in an interview: his father returned from the market and put the tomatoes in front of a tureen, édouard borrowed colors from his father and painted a canvas representing this still life, his father decided to exhibit this painting which will be bought by an american collector. He continued with his first paintings in 1941: portraits of his mother, landscapes, still lifes3.