127 - Lino Bianchi Barriviera (1906–1985)

Lino Bianchi Barriviera (1906–1985) Il Girone, 1961 Red chalk on paper 33.5 x 47.5 cm Signature: “Lino Bianchi Barriviera” on the front Date: “1961” on the front Other inscriptions: “‘il Girone’” on the front Provenance: Veneto Banca SpA in LCA Condition. Support: 95% Condition. Surface: 95% For direct WhatsApp assistance before and during the live auction: +39 346 12 999 80 // Direct assistance via WhatsApp before and during the auction: +39 346 12 999 80 Gigino Falconi was born in Giulianova (Teramo) and began painting at the age of sixteen, while simultaneously attending the Technical Institute for Bookkeepers, from which he graduated in 1952. In 1954, he earned his high school diploma from the Art High School in Pescara. The following year, after winning a competitive exam for the position of Drawing Professor, he began teaching at a middle school in Giulianova, a career he abandoned permanently in 1975 to devote himself entirely to painting. Between 1969 and 1975—the period to which the work up for auction belongs—he reworked images of daily life and current events, on the one hand using a highly realistic painting technique and, on the other, composing the image in a surreal manner, with alienating effects.