A pair of kitchen still lifes by good listed Italian painter Mario (Vittorio) Acerbi (1887 - Pavia - 1982). The artist was active in Pavia. Son of Ezechiele A. Related to Pasquale Massa. First taught by his father; studied under C. Sara, Borgognoni, and Kienerk at the Civic Scuola della Pitt., Pavia. In 1908, he won the Premio Lanzi with Amore all'Arte. In 1910, the Soc. Promotrice di Torino acquired the painting "Operazione chirurgica" (Surgical Surgery). He was particularly valued as a painter of landscapes, still lifes, and portraits. He remained stylistically close to his teachers, with some echoes of Impressionism.

WORKS: PAVIA, Pin. Malaspina: Small Camposanto di Congeredo, oil; Ritratto di fanciulla, oil (signed M. Acerbi).

EXHIBITIONS :  1920 Milan, Accad. di Brera (Portr. of the lawyer Radlinsli, L'assedio di Pavia, Interno della Certosa, Ginetta) / 1976 Pavia, Cent'anni di cult. artist. (Cat.).

Literature:  Vo1, 1953. D. Morani, Diz. dei pittori pavesi, Wed. 1948; Castelletto Saleggio, Un sec. di pitt. dal 1848 al 1948, I, T. 1950; Pitt. e Scult. dell'Italia contemp., I, 1968; EU SEDA I, 1969; Comanducci I, 1970, Leonardo I-III, 1974-76.

inscriptions: both signed 

Technique: both oils on canvas, original magnificent frames.

Measurements: each unframed  w 18" x h 31 7/8" (45,5 x 81 cm), framed 25" x 38 3/4"(63,5 x 98,5 cm).

Condition:good condition, paintings were professionally cleaned.