Piero Poraccia (1893-1965) Portrait Of A Woman, 1919

Piero PORACCIA (1893-1965)
Portrait of a woman, 1919
44 x 30 cm
52 x 38 cm with its frame
Signed and dated lower right

Piero Poraccia Painter born in Turin in 1893, painter of nudes, portraits, landscapes, still lifes , decorator. He was a student of the School of Arts and Crafts in the jewelry section, of the School of Fine Arts in Geneva, then stayed in Italy before settling in Paris. They exhibited in Swiss salons, notably the Nationale Suisse in 1919. As well as in Paris at the Salons d'Automne from 1928. Independents in 1929. Some of his works are in the movement of his friend Modigliani. Died in Paris in 1965.