Antonio Coropra (1909-2004) - Beach Still Life with Fish / Natura morta con pesci
\Artist: Antonio Coropra (1909-2004)
Technique: Oil on canvas\Signature: Hand signed\Dimensions: 50_60_5_cm
Antonio Coropra (1909-2004) - “Bord de plage, rouget et maquereaux”. Rare and sumptuous oil on canvas by the great master Antonio Corpora depicting in the foreground a plate of mullet and mackerel, and in the background a beachside landscape. Dimensions of the painting alone: 42x55 cm Antonio Corpora studied art at the Tunis School of Fine Arts under the direction of Jean Antoine Armand Vergeaud (1876-1949) . In 1929, he exhibited his first paintings at the Tunisian Salon. In 1930, he went to Florence to study and copy ancient paintings. In 1931, he moved to Paris where he met Alberto Giacometti. He was sensitive to the various artistic trends that abounded in France, and ventured into Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstraction. His first paintings depict still lifes, flowers and marines and still lifes like this superb canvas. In 1932, he moved to Italy and settled in Rome. Going back and forth between Rome and Tunis, Antonio Corpora participated in the founding of the Group of Four with Moses Levy, Pierre Boucherle and Jules Lellouche, a group which, after the war, constituted the future post-colonial Tunisian artistic movement of the Tunis School. During World War II, Corpora took refuge in his hometown of Tunis. After the war, he joined the neo-Cubist art movement in Rome and then the Fronte nuovo delle arti. He took part in the 26th Venice Biennale. In 1948, he moved clearly towards abstract art and expressionism. He belongs to the group of Italian artists Gruppo degli otto (it) (Group of Eight) , founded in 1952 and dissolved in 1954. In 1975, Antonio Corpora worked on rough canvases with plaster of Paris and sand, which he coated with moving colours. Later, he returned to compositions with strips of colour. Corpora exhibited four times at the Venice Biennale between 1948 and 1956. In 1968, he exhibited at both the Venice Biennale and the Rome Biennale and won both prizes for both biennials. Antonio Corpora's main works are kept in many modern art museums, notably in Rome, Trieste, Paris, Sao Paulo, New York, Pittsburgh, Hamburg and Stockholm.
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\Artist: Antonio Coropra (1909-2004)
Technique: Oil on canvas\Signature: Hand signed\Dimensions: 50_60_5_cm
Antonio Coropra (1909-2004) - “Bord de plage, rouget et maquereaux”. Rare and sumptuous oil on canvas by the great master Antonio Corpora depicting in the foreground a plate of mullet and mackerel, and in the background a beachside landscape. Dimensions of the painting alone: 42x55 cm Antonio Corpora studied art at the Tunis School of Fine Arts under the direction of Jean Antoine Armand Vergeaud (1876-1949) . In 1929, he exhibited his first paintings at the Tunisian Salon. In 1930, he went to Florence to study and copy ancient paintings. In 1931, he moved to Paris where he met Alberto Giacometti. He was sensitive to the various artistic trends that abounded in France, and ventured into Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Surrealism and Abstraction. His first paintings depict still lifes, flowers and marines and still lifes like this superb canvas. In 1932, he moved to Italy and settled in Rome. Going back and forth between Rome and Tunis, Antonio Corpora participated in the founding of the Group of Four with Moses Levy, Pierre Boucherle and Jules Lellouche, a group which, after the war, constituted the future post-colonial Tunisian artistic movement of the Tunis School. During World War II, Corpora took refuge in his hometown of Tunis. After the war, he joined the neo-Cubist art movement in Rome and then the Fronte nuovo delle arti. He took part in the 26th Venice Biennale. In 1948, he moved clearly towards abstract art and expressionism. He belongs to the group of Italian artists Gruppo degli otto (it) (Group of Eight) , founded in 1952 and dissolved in 1954. In 1975, Antonio Corpora worked on rough canvases with plaster of Paris and sand, which he coated with moving colours. Later, he returned to compositions with strips of colour. Corpora exhibited four times at the Venice Biennale between 1948 and 1956. In 1968, he exhibited at both the Venice Biennale and the Rome Biennale and won both prizes for both biennials. Antonio Corpora's main works are kept in many modern art museums, notably in Rome, Trieste, Paris, Sao Paulo, New York, Pittsburgh, Hamburg and Stockholm.
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