Nasica (Augusto Majani) Floralists group, 1899

Floralists group, 1899

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pencil, ink, watercolor and white lead on cardboard
22 x 29,5 cm
Original illustration created by Nasica depicting the Bolognese exponents of the new florealist avant-garde: Giuseppe De Col, Achille Casanova, Gigi Bonfiglioli, Edoardo Breveglieri and Edoardo Collamarini. Master at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna of Giorgi Morandi and Bruno Saetti, Nasica was among the most appreciated illustrators of his era, defined as the "caricaturist of intellectuals", he worked among others for the magazines Italia ride, Novissima, Fantasio, La Reading and the 20th Century. Signed and dated.