Giorgina Bertolucci del Vecchio, “Portrait of a Woman”.

Giorgina Bertolucci del Vecchio (San Ginese, Lucca, 1889-Milan 1985). “Portrait of a Woman”, pastel on paper. Dimensions:35×42 cm. Painting signed and dated “1931, IX”.
Contemporary frame. Moisture stains on the golden passepartout.
Good state of conservation.
Provenance: Private collection of the Forlivese family.
The artist, born and trained in Lucca, a pupil of Felice Carena, soon moved to Milan, where she achieved good success with the public and critics. Important commissions were entrusted to him by the Pio Albergo Trivulzio and the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan. He participated in the Venice Biennale of 1948 and the Roman Quadrennial of 1955-'56.
She was an excellent portraitist. In this field, she obtained important recognition at the Interregional Portrait Exhibition in Milan (1933) and at the San Remo Women's Competition (1938). Her works are kept in the Pinacoteca di Brera, in the Martinitt and Stelline Museum in Milan, in the Gallery of Modern Art, also in Milan, in the art collection of the Cariplo Foundation.
In the painting in question, characterized by great freshness and chromatic fragrance, the artist combines formal solutions oscillating between the plasticism of twentieth-century taste and the first experiences of the Lombard clarists.
A certificate of originality is issued in accordance with the law.