This is a beautiful antique watercolour study ''The Water Carrier'' signed bottom right Filippo Indoni , circa 1890 in date.
It is the study of a young female water carrier standing pensively in the street, housed in the beautiful original glazed giltwood frame.
The colours are incredibly vibrant for its age.
Filipo Indoni''s works are very collectable can be seen being sold at major auction houses like Bonhams or Christie''s.
Condition:
In excellent condition and ready to hang on your wall.
Dimensions in cm:
Height 76 cm x Width 58 cm x Depth 7 cm
Dimensions in inches:
Height 2 foot, 6 inches x Width 1 foot, 11 inches x Depth 3 inches
Filipo Indoni ( 1842 -1908) was a Roman born artist who painted in the Realist style. He often created lively scenes of peasants and lower class people playing, laughing and generally being carefree. Indoni made these formerly forgotten people in the art world shine, while his fellow artists were portraying them in dar
...ker themes.
Indoni was particularly talented with watercolours, and painted a number of scenes of peasants and country people in watercolor.
Unlike many other artists who portray peasants and workers, Indoni’s subjects are generally happy and jubilant. This is because Indoni’s goal was to portray them as being people that are proud of their hard work, as opposed to being downtrodden, and was Indoni’s response to the idealistic, but unrealistic styling of formerly popular Romanticism.
Indoni’s signature style of warm amber light, festive activities and idealistic country scenes are one of many ways to pinpoint whether a painting was created by him or not. However, another telltale sign is his beautiful scripted signature “F. Indoni” which often appeared on the front of his canvases.
Our reference: 05615x
Internal Reference: 05615x
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1207870
Dateline of this antique is 1890
Height is 76cm (29.9inches)Width is 58cm (22.8inches)Depth is 7cm (2.8inches)
Thank you.
Your comment has been sent to Sellingantiques.