GX1993.509

Unità di misura: cm; Altezza: 180; Larghezza: 80

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After abandoning his legal studies, Geranzani devoted himself to painting by following Giovanni Quinzio's courses at the Accademia Ligustica di Belle Arti in Genoa. From his academic study of landscape, he soon moved on to research into Divisionist technique, arriving at a personal interpretation of pointillism characterised by a simplification and geometrialisation of forms. In 'Ritratto di signora' (Portrait of a Lady), the usual mosaic composition of his works, obtained through the use of dabs of colour, is replaced by broad brushstrokes of dark tones; but the angularity of the folds of the dress and the attention to the decorative pattern of the fabric reveal the permanence of a pictorial inspiration of Art Deco matrix. Oil on canvas depicting the left profile of a standing woman; the geometric drapery of the bodice contrasts with the soft forms of the rest of the work.