96 - RENATO TOMASSI (1884–1972) - Encounters in Positano, 1962

RENATO TOMASSI (1884–1972) - Encounters in Positano, 1962 RENATO TOMASSI (1884–1972) Encounters in Positano, 1962 Oil on canvas 49.5 x 64.5 cm Artist’s initials and date on the front Provenance Tomassi Collection Private Collection, Milan Bibliography 1999 Renato Tomassi. The Painter. Der Maler (1884–1972), edited by Fiamma Domestici and Federico Tomassi, Edifir – Edizioni Firenze, p. 114 'From 1948 onward, on the Amalfi Coast, the artist rediscovered his vigor and infused his paintings with renewed inner strength; they burst with fresh colors, almost as if squeezed directly onto the canvas with small, rapid strokes. Numerous canvases depict Positano, its picturesque colorful houses, the town’s Moorish-style domes, and the bustling life of the hot summers spent on the coast. There is freshness and a joy of color in these paintings with their Fauvist rhythms...” (Excerpt from the catalog cited in the bibliography)