Cesare Mario Cristini Country Landscape Oil Painting

Item Details

Cesare Mario Cristini (Italian; 1906 – 1970)
Untitled (country landscape), mid 20th century
Oil on board
Signed to the lower elft

Cesare Mario Cristini was an Italian artist best known for his operatic set design. As a young man, Cristini attended the Brera Fine Arts Academy in Milan. He went on to work as a set and costume designer for prestigious opera companies around the world, such as the San Carlo Opera Company, Rome Opera, and Covent Garden in London, earning numerous awards. In 1959, Cristini received a Fullbright Scholarship to study and teach at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, where he worked as a professor and resident scenic designer until his death in 1970.

Condition

- minor horizontal crack to board to the upper right of painting; chipping, scuffing, discoloration, and other markings to frame.

Dimensions

- measurements of frame; sight measures 14.5" W x 10.75" H.

Item #

ITMG444596