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Description: | Signed: yes Description: Vincenzo Migliaro became best known for his gritty street scenes of Naples, representing the urban social reality of that city in uncompromising detail. This painting however represents a less well-known aspect of his art. A pretty young girl is shown walking a mountain path with a large bunch of wild flowers that she has gathered. This sentimental subject is typical of the type of painting that would have drawn the attention of major dealers such as Goupil, who offered Migliaro a contract while he was visiting Paris on a scholarship in 1877. Migliaro refused Goupil, believing it would compromise the integrity of his work to exclusively produce sentimental subjects for the art market. This painting, which is probably an early work, reveals the artist's skill in this field. | Subjects: | everyday life; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Migliaro, Vincenzo (Italian painter, 1858-1938) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8468... | Go to resource |
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