Pumpkins

“La zucca, la mia modella preferita!” F. Mazzucchetti.

Painting of a pumpkin. Oil on wooden board.
A pumpkin. Oil on wooden board. 25 x 35 cm.
Franco Mazzucchetti era un pittore classico, amico di mio padre. 
Un omone alto con un mento volitivo che si distingueva per una profonda fossetta. Aveva i capelli bianchi e le basette scure.
Le nature morte e i paesaggi erano i suoi soggetti preferiti e forse i piu' riusciti.

Halloween appena passato ha lasciato un sacco di modelle in giro.
A painting, representing another  pumpkin.
Oil on wooden board.
Another pumpkin. Oil on wooden board. 25 x 35 cm

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Pumpkins, my preferred models!

Franco Mazzucchetti

Franco Mazzucchetti was a classical painter, a friend of my father’s. A tall man with a strong-willed chin, white hair and dark sideburns.

Still lifes and landscapes were his favourite subjects and perhaps his most successful. This recurring phrase of his about pumpkins has stuck with me. Halloween just past left a lot of models around.