MARCHIORI, Carlo, (Italian, 20th Century ): Hand painted shaped tri-fold screen or wall hanging, decorated with provincial maiden holding a jug of water and basket of chickens on a pole, dog running along side. Signed Carlo Marchiori and dated 1992, center panel 51 1/2'' h. x 16''. Italian born, Carlo Marchiori studied classic art and academic design in Padua and Venice. At the age of eighteen, he left Italy to live in Canada where he worked as illustrator and film animator for C.B.C. Television and the National Film Board of Canada. In 1967 he was nominated for an Academy Award for an animated short but eventually abandoned filmmaking and advertising for mural paintings.
CONDITION: Scratches, abrasions and foxing, sold as-is.