Riccardo Pellegrini (Milan 1863 - Crescenzago 1934) A Work in the Sun Oil on panel 16.5 x 22.5 cm. RICCARDO PELLEGRINI Born in Milan on March 11, 1863, died in Crescenzago on March 31, 1934. He studied in his city, then in Rome, and in Naples with Domenico Morelli. He traveled to Spain, England, and France to deepen his artistic knowledge. In 1912 in London, he won the Muller company's competition for the illustrations of Lesage's <<Gil Blas>>. He was then commissioned to do the illustrations for <<Don Quixote>>. From then on, the leading magazines in Europe had him as a collaborator. He rarely exhibited in Italy, but always with success. His Bozzetto “Malia” is in the Museum of Art in Berlin; “La ridda”, in the Gofort Museum of Stuttgart; “The sun kiss”, in the Goupil Gallery in Paris. The drawings made for <<Gil Blas>> were collected in a room dedicated to Pellegrini in the Glasgow Museum. At the Bottega di Poesia exhibition held in Milan in 1926, the following were exhibited: “A carpet market in Spain”; “Winter quiet”; “July sun”; “An August morning in Toledo”; “Sea of Valencia”; “The bride and groom”. Other works: “The antique dealer”, in the collection of Dr. Pietro Ruffini of Milan; “In the market” (Xeres); “Sur la promenade des Anglais”; “Notes from Spain”; “Remembrance of Seville”; “Memory of my country”: “El picador”; “El primier espada”; “View of Seville”; “Spanish types”; “A bullfighter”. from A.M.Comanducci The Italian painters of the nineteenth century Critical and documentary dictionary Libreria Malavasi editions