Camillo Innocenti (1871-1961) Italian, Oil on Canvas. A cavalier playing a mandolin. Signed lower right. Provenance: Dr. Roberto Crea, Hillsborough, CA. Overall Size: 31 3/4 x 28 in. Sight Size: 23 1/2 x 19 5/8 in. #1004 Camillo Innocenti was the son of an architect and he completed his fine-art studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Rome. Afterwards, he traveled throughout Europe, where he was particularly influenced by a visit to Spain in 1901 and a two-year stay in Paris (1901-1903). Back in Italy, Innocenti became acquainted with pointillism, which occupied him for a certain period of time. He also joined the group 'XXV della campagna romana ', a group of artists working in the realist landscape tradition. He was also a member of the Accademia Nazionale di San Luca. After World War I, he worked as a set designer in film, but was called to Cairo to be director of the Academy of Fine Art. With the onset of World War II, Innocenti returned to Rome, where he had sadly been forgotten due to his long absence. He died in poverty. Only in 1965, four years after his death, he was acknowledged with a large retrospective exhibition during the 9th Quadriennale di Roma. Today his works are part of exhibitions at Italy's largest museums; they can be found at the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna in Rome; the Galleria Nazionale dell'Accademia di San Luca, also in Rome, or in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Palermo.