Property of the late Marcello Violante Mario Vellani Marchi...

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£170

Property of the late Marcello Violante

Mario Vellani Marchi (1895 - 1979)
Feodor Chaliapin in Boris Godunov

Charcoal on paper
Signed and inscribed (lower right):

"Vellani Marchi Scialiapin in Boris 4.H.II, Scala 29.3.30"

Dimensions:
(Paper) 16 in. (H) x 10.75 in. (W)
(Frame) 26 in. (H) x 22.25 in. (W)

Mario Vellani Marchi (1895 – 1979) was an Italian painter and scenic designer. Marchi was born in Modena. He attended the Modena Academy of Fine Arts in the early years of the second decade of the 20th century and specialised in engraving. He made his debut at the Venice Biennale with the 14th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte of the city of Venice in 1924. He came into contact with the second generation of the Burano School through a stay on the island in the same year, and landscapes set there constitute a constant feature of his production.