A painting with a vivid composition of red, white and yellow dahlias in a light blue ceramic vase signed G.Marini

G. Marini Still Life with a Flower Vase

Oil painting on wood in a modern frame. The artwork depicts a vibrant composition of red, white, and yellow dahlias in a light blue ceramic vase signed G.Marini in the lower left corner. It is in good condition and requires no conservation.

In this early work, painter Giovanni Marini from Bergamo (1887-1973), educated at the Carrara Academy, diverges from the symbolic artistic line that would characterize his later production. It is still a fresh, lively, and decorative painting, featuring an absolutely free compositional arrangement of a bouquet of dahlias gathered in a vase and placed on a table.

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