(Trieste 1856–1922 Venice)
The Gulf of Trieste, signed Piero Fragiacomo, oil on canvas, 122 x 221 cm, framed

Provenance:
Trieste, Stock S. p. A. Collection

Exhibited:
Venice, XIII Esposizione Internationale d’Arte della Città di Venezia, 1922,
room 10, no. 10;
Trieste Mostra Storica dei Pittori Istriani, 1950, room VII, no. 10;
Zagreb, Gallery of Modern Art, Sulle Sponde dell’Adriatico,
16 November 2017 - 21 January 2018.

Catalogued and illustrated in:
Exhibition catalogue, XIII Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte della Città di Venezia, Venice, 1922, pp. 51, 79, no. 10;
G. Dammerini, la XIII Biennale di Venezia, in Le Vie d’Italia, 1922, pp. 582, 588;
F. Sapori, l’Arte Mondiale alla XIII Esposizione di Venezia, 1922, no. 155, La pittura moderna, Turin, 1926, p. 28;
D. Gioseffi, Mostra storica dei Pittori Istriani, Trieste 1950, p. 30, no. 10;
L. Rossi, Il pittore Pietro Fragiacomo, Trieste, 1971-72, p. 185, no. 118;
Paolo Campopiano, Pietro Fragiacomo - Poeta lagunare, Cremona 1996, pp. 22, 42, no. 46;
Andrea Baboni, Pietro Fragiacomo, Fondazione CRTrieste, 2016, p. 374, no. 377, exhibition catalogue, Sulle Sponde dell’Adriatico, Zagreb, 2017, p. 91, no. 127.

The painting depicting ‘The Gulf of Trieste’, exhibited in 1922 at the City of
Venice’s 13th International Art Exhibition, is Fragiacomo’s last homage to his native city. The artist creates a wide-ranging composition with unusually vibrant colours, shaped by bright tones.