The Play Thing
The Play Thing c1897 by Italian Painter Vittorio Matteo Corcos (1859 – 1933); znany ze swojej gatunkowej grafiki przedstawiającej elegancko ubranych mężczyzn i kobiety w czasie wolnym i zabawie.
A beautiful young redhead with a red and white ribbon tied around her hair wearing a pink satin dress with chain shoulder straps and coin embellishments is playing with a puppet as she sits on a couch covered with embroidered satin cloth.
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Vittorio was born to Jewish parents, Isacco e Giuditta Baquis, in Livorno, i w wieku 16, he obtained is artistic training at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under the tutelage of Italian Painter Enrico Pollastrini (1817 – 1876).
Then between 1878 i 1879 he worked under Italian Painter Domenico Morelli (1826 – 1901) in Naples; known for producing historical and religious paintings; and who was considered to be a great influence in the arts of the second half of the 19th Century.
Vittorio then traveled to Paris where he met French Painter Léon Bonnat (1833 – 1922), and signed a contract with the Goupil & Cie a leading dealership in 19th century France, from which he was able to supplement his income as a portrait painter with illustrations for magazines.
He frequented the circles of Italian Painter Giuseppe De Nittis (considered to be one of the most important Italian Painters of the 19th century); i od 1881 dopóki 1886, he frequently exhibited at the Salon.
W 1886 Vittorio returned to Italy, putatively to join the army, and then settled in Florence. At which time he converted to Catholicism and married a widow named Emma Ciabatti.
In Florence, he made friends in the intellectual circles of the time, and made portraits of Italian Realist painter Silvestro Lega (1826 – 1895), Italian Poet Giosue Carducci (1835 – 1907), and Italian Composer Pietro Mascagni (1863 – 1945).
Po 1900, he wrote for the Florentine Journal Il Marzocco.; as well as published a short story in the magazine Fanfulla della Domenica titled Mademoiselle Leprince.
W 1904, he traveled to Potsdam to paint Emperor William II (1859 – 1941) and other members of the German monarchy.
During World War I in 1916, Vittorio’s son died in battle. Later in the 1920s he joined the Gruppo Labronico along with Italian Painters Plinio Nomellini (1866 – 1943) and Ulvi Liegi (1858 – 1939).
He also painted portraits of Mussolini (Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini 1883 – 1945) w 1928; Countess Annina Morosini (1924 – 1965); Countess Nerina Volpi di Misurata; Carducci, Puccini and Mascagni; Queen Amélie of Portugal and Princess of Orleans.