Holocaust Prison Camp Scene by Charles Burki, 1965 – Powerful War Illustration

Soldiers Cover During Battle – Original War Illustration by Charles Burki, 1953 This dramatic wartime drawing is signed Charles Burki at the lower left — unmistakably the hand of th...

Original Illustration “Crossing Under Fire” by Charles Burki, 1953 – Gouache and Ink Drawing Powerful wartime illustration by Dutch artist Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and date...

The Accident – Original Noir Illustration by Charles Burki, 1964 This dramatic original illustration by Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and dated 1964, captures a moment of chilli...

The House That Waited – Original Crime Illustration by Charles Burki, 1965 This gripping noir-style illustration by Charles Burki (1909–1994), signed and dated 1965, depicts a tense...

Hungarian prison is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Original Lithograph. Good conditions, except for the pale yellowish stain on the sheet. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil and titled. Numbered on the lower left, the edition of 7/75 prints. Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). He occasionally studies at the Albertina Academy in Turin; a scholarship (1913) allows him to enroll in painting courses at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. He meets Angelo Morbelli whose studio he frequents and temporarily shares the passion for pointillism.His love for drawing led him to produce numerous works, even using the poor means of luck that the First World War allowed him. He thus realizes tragic war drawings (almost a reportage) which will then be published in the volume "The Giants", with the presentation of the sculptor Leonardo Bistolfi of Casale Monferrato. For decades he frequented the Milanese studio of Carlo Carrà, with whom he shares, as well as friendship, also comparisons and cultural exchanges in the field of painting. It stands out for its simple and incisive style and intense color and decisive features, with which it gives strength and life, but also poetry, to its subjects, almost always the poor people, porters, and peasants, as well as glimpses of his city and Monferrato countryside.He exhibits at the Turin Promoter since 1920 and participates in the Rome Quadriennale and the Milan Triennale. He exhibited at the Venice Biennale in 1924, 1926, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1948, 1950, 1956. The exhibitions at the promoter of the fifties were held together with the younger Alexandrian Franco Sassi, a pupil of Bozzetti and a great admirer of the painter in question. Morando's works can be found at the Italian War History...

Prisoners in Hungary is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Original Lithograph. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. Numb...

Prisoners in Hungary is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Lithography print. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil, titled....

Prisoners in Hungary is an original artwork realized by Italian artist Pietro Morando (Alessandria 1889- 1980). Original Lithograph. Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil, title...