Antique Oil Painting Flock With Peasant Woman - Tito Pellicciotti (1871-1950)

Beautiful painting by the Abruzzo painter TITO PELLICCIOTTI (Barisciano 1871-1950) depicting sheep with peasant women - original work with antique golden frame. 32cm x 20cm frame 51cm x 38cm.                                                             He was born in Barisciano in 1871 to Carlo Pellicciotti, a local sculptor, who encouraged his son's artistic education, and Maria Tomassetti. In the mid-1880s he then attended the School of Arts and Crafts of L'Aquila, directed by Teofilo Patini, while in 1890 he moved to Naples, enrolling in the city's Institute of Fine Arts and studying with Domenico Morelli and Filippo Palizzi. He then briefly frequented Francesco Paolo Michetti's club in Francavilla al Mare, but immediately returned to his hometown, where he dedicated himself to painting on many commissions. Between 1911 and 1912 he took part in the Italian-Turkish war in Libya, during which he learned an oriental pictorial genre. Returning to Italy, he organized several exhibitions between L'Aquila, Naples and Rome and took part in various group exhibitions abroad. He died in his home country in 1950.