Antonio Cutino "woman Mariella" (1905-1984).

Title: " Mariella " oil on tablet.Antonio Cutino was born in New York on January 8, 1905, moved to Palermo, his parents' hometown, attended the Academy of Fine Arts and died in Palermo in 1984.Cutino in this work portrays a half bust of a woman, vault of three quarters.The woman shows off an affable smile, surrounded by the bright red of the lips, the look is intense and attentive, the brown hair, instead, is collected in a polka dot scarf.The background is in various shades of gray, so as to give attention to the gentle woman.The brushstrokes are wise and calibrated in the female figure, while they are more marked in the background.