Oil painting - view of Milan showing the Ticinese Darsena Navigli canal with boats and buildings, 1926

Original colorful view of Milan from Italy depicting the Ticinese Darsena Navigli canal with boats and buildings, oil painting on canvas signed C.Castelfranchi Milano by Italian painter Cirano Castelfranchi, Milan 1912-1973.

This Milanese view by Cirano Castelfranchi is titled on the back of the canvas, with a red pencil inscription: painter Prof. Castelfranchi, Old Milan, sunset landscape at Darsena Ticinese, 1962. Pittore Prof. Castelfranchi Vecchia Milano Tramonto alla Darsena Ticinese 1962. This antique Italian painting is in good condition, framed with a passe-partout and a modern gilded wooden frame.

Cirano Castelfranchi (Genoa 1912 - Florence 1973) was an Italian artist active in Milan, originating from Breggia, well known for his Milanese views. He was born in Genoa on July 2, 1912. He has always lived in Milan. He paints with oil and watercolor as a self-taught artist. He attended a drawing school in Breggia. Since 1934, he exhibited at regional and national exhibitions; in 1942, he was awarded at the Italian Young Artists exhibition in Palermo. His works are in private collections in Italy and abroad: New York, Paris, London. In 1934, he designed a series of plaques with views of Milan.

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