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Figure painter, Painter, Portrait painter, Landscape painter, Sculptor, Etcher, Wood cutter, b. 1885 - d. 1958

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  • ROBERTO MELLI (FERRARA 1885-ROMA 1958) STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT
    Jun. 13, 2024

    ROBERTO MELLI (FERRARA 1885-ROMA 1958) STILL LIFE WITH FRUIT

    Est: €2,500 - €3,500

    Still life with fruit 1946 Oil on board 38,5 x 44,5 cm Signed lower right: Melli, 46, Roma; on the back a portrait by an anonymous artist Excellent conditions, framed without glass

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885-Roma 1958) - Mare di Celle Ligure, 1951
    May. 16, 2024

    Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885-Roma 1958) - Mare di Celle Ligure, 1951

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    oil on canvas 37.5 x 48.5 cm Signed lower right: Melli, Mare di Celle Ligure, 51 On the reverse the dedication: A Mario Puccini, Roberto Melli "Oltre la materia", Formia 22-6-952, Primo incontro fisico PROVENANCE Rome, Mario Puccini collection

    Finarte
  • MELLI Roberto, Margherite e gladioli, 1942, oil on canvas, cm 50x40
    May. 06, 2024

    MELLI Roberto, Margherite e gladioli, 1942, oil on canvas, cm 50x40

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    Natale collection, Rome Dedicated, dated, signed "A Luisa Natale amica e protettrice degli artisti, per il suo cuore di commossa umanità. S. Luigi 1942, Melli" (lower left)

    Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste
  • MELLI Roberto, Untitled (flowers), 1948, oil on canvas, cm 40x33
    May. 06, 2024

    MELLI Roberto, Untitled (flowers), 1948, oil on canvas, cm 40x33

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    Natale collection, Rome Signed, placed, dated "Melli, S. Luigi, '48" (lower right)

    Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste
  • MELLI Roberto, Mazzo nuziale, 1942, oil on canvas, cm 70x60
    May. 06, 2024

    MELLI Roberto, Mazzo nuziale, 1942, oil on canvas, cm 70x60

    Est: €5,000 - €6,000

    P. Bucarelli, N. Ponente "Roberto Melli", Editalia, Rome 1958, p. 26, rif. 44, cit.  Natale collection, Rome Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome 1958 Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara 1958 Signed, dated "Melli, 1942" (upper right) Label of Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna (on the reverse)

    Ambrosiana Casa D'Aste
  • MELLI ROBERTO (1885 - 1958) - Attributed to. Landscape
    Oct. 18, 2023

    MELLI ROBERTO (1885 - 1958) - Attributed to. Landscape

    Est: €1,000 - €1,500

    MELLI ROBERTO (1885 - 1958). Attributed to. Landscape. Provenance: Private collection, Rome.. 38,00 x 28,60 cm.

    Capitolium Art
  • ROBERTO MELLI (FERRARA, 1885 - ROME, 1958): THE ROSE
    Jun. 23, 2023

    ROBERTO MELLI (FERRARA, 1885 - ROME, 1958): THE ROSE

    Est: €1,300 - €2,500

    ROBERTO MELLI (Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958) The rose Oil on canvas, 34 x 25,5 cm Signed lower right: Melli Excellent conditions, framed with glass

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • ROBERTO MELLI (FERRARA, 1885 - ROME, 1958): VIEW OF TIBER, 1950
    Jun. 09, 2022

    ROBERTO MELLI (FERRARA, 1885 - ROME, 1958): VIEW OF TIBER, 1950

    Est: €500 - €600

    ROBERTO MELLI (Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958) View of Tiber, 1950 Watercolor on paper, 28,5 x 26 cm Signed and dated lower left: Melli 50. Label on the back of Mostra “Alberto Melli”, Palazzo Ricci, Macerata, 1992 Fair condition, very light humidity spots and slight folds of the paper. Frame, glass and passepartout

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • OIL PAINTING 20TH CENTURY
    Apr. 14, 2021

    OIL PAINTING 20TH CENTURY

    Est: €1,500 - €2,000

    PITTORE DEL NOVECENTO Paesaggio romano, 1934 Olio su tela, cm. 41 x 55 Non firmato Etichetta al retro

    Casa d'Aste Babuino
  • VIEW OF TIBER, 1950
    Feb. 26, 2021

    VIEW OF TIBER, 1950

    Est: €700 - €900

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 View of Tiber, 1950 Watercolor on paper, 28,5 x 26 cm Signed and dated lower left: Melli 50 Label on the back of Mostra “Alberto Melli”, Palazzo Ricci, Macerata, 1992 Fair condition, very light humidity spots and slight folds of the paper Frame, glass and passepartout

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • STILL LIFE WITH VASE AND SCIMITAR, 1943
    Feb. 26, 2021

    STILL LIFE WITH VASE AND SCIMITAR, 1943

    Est: €4,000 - €6,000

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 Still life with vase and scimitar, 1943 Oil on canvas, 50 x 63,5 cm Signed and dated lower left: Melli 43 Signed and inscribed on the back: Roberto Melli, Roma Label on the back of the exhibition “Alberto Melli”, Palazzo Ricci, Macerata, 1992 LITERATURE AND EXHIBITED: “Melli”, curated by G. Appella and M. Calvesi, Leonardo-De Luca Editore, Rome, 1992, n° 109 Good condition Frame, without glass

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • TESTACCIO, 1945
    Feb. 26, 2021

    TESTACCIO, 1945

    Est: €6,000 - €8,000

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 Testaccio, 1945 Oil on canvas, 45 x 60 cm Signed and dated lower left: Melli 45 LITERATURE AND EXHIBITED: “I Maestri della Scuola Romana”, curated by A. Statuti, Florence, 2014, p. 61; “Melli”, curated by G. Appella e M. Calvesi, Palazzo Ricci, 13 June, - 15 October, Leonardo-De Luca Editori, Macerata, 1992, tav. 113. Good condition Frame, without glass

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • STILL LIFE WITH PEARS, 1940
    Feb. 26, 2021

    STILL LIFE WITH PEARS, 1940

    Est: €2,000 - €3,000

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 Still Life with Pears, 1940 Oil on canvas, 34 x 25 cm Signed and dated lower right: Melli 40 BIOGRAPHY: Born into a family of merchants. He began to paint and sculpt very young with the painter Nicola Laurenti and the sculptor Arrigo Minerbi in Ferrara. In 1902 he moved with his mother to Genoa where he began to work as an apprentice for a wood carver and made the first woodcuts. In the following years he came into contact with the lively Genoese cultural environment, participating with writings and illustrations in the activity of the periodical "Ebe". In 1910 he moved to Rome, where he was initially supported by the sculptor Giovanni Prini. In 1913 he took part in the first exhibition of the "Roman Secession", following the Futurist events with attention. In 1915 together with V.Costantini, G.Fioresi, C.E. Oppo and G.Pizzirani constitutes the "Italian Modern Group". Already at this date a constant in his work appears clear: the desire to support artistic activity through publications, events, conferences. So in 1918 we find him next to Mario Broglio in the organization of the magazine "Valori Plastici", on which he publishes various writings (First denial of sculpture). After participating (as a painter and sculptor) in the "Valori Plastici" exhibitions in Germany and Florence (1921 and 1922), a period of spiritual and economic crisis began for Melli. During the 1920s the artist followed various paths, also dealing with cinematography and poster design. Only at the beginning of the thirties did he resume his interest in figurative arts, first as a critic and then also as a painter: he began exhibiting again in 1932 at the third trade union exhibition, solely as a painter. His figuration, carefully constructed by areas of flat color and without chiaroscuro, reminiscent of the period of "Plastic Values", of metaphysics and of the Morandian lesson, is in this period one of the matrices of so-called tonalism. Melli makes friends with the young exponents of this address and, with Giuseppe Capogrossi and Emanuele Cavalli, signs the Manifesto of Plastic Primordialism. His activity as a critic continued in the Thirties in a column entitled "Visite ad Artisti" for the magazine "Quadrivio". In 1936 it was the only personal exhibition of these years, at the "Galleria della Cometa" (with a presentation by Libero de Libero), his exhibition activity was abruptly interrupted in 1938, when the racial laws deprived him of the right to participate in public exhibitions and lead him to a new deep crisis. His work resumes after the war. Since 1945 he has taught painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, returns to exhibit in some group exhibitions and in 1947 at the "Galleria del Secolo", presented by Renato Guttuso. In 1950 he held an extensive anthology at the "La Strozzina" gallery in Florence (the exhibition, presented by C.L. Ragghianti, was then re-proposed at the Gian Ferrari Gallery in Milan). The 1950 Venice Biennale dedicates a solo show to him. In recent years he continues his parallel activity as an artist and critic. In 1957 his volume of poems Lunga fabolosa notte was published by de Luca. In the year of his death, the National Gallery of Modern Art dedicated a retrospective to him, curated by N. Ponente and P. Bucarelli. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Roberto Melli, Catalog of the exhibition edited by G.Appella and M.Calvesi, Macerata1992 (with previous bibliography). Very good condition Frame, without glass

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Wife’s portrait, 1947
    Dec. 05, 2019

    Wife’s portrait, 1947

    Est: €3,500 - €4,500

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 Wife’s portrait, 1947 Oil on canvas, 46,5 x 35 cm Signed and dated lower right: Melli 47

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • ROBERTO MELLI - Still life, 1946
    May. 29, 2019

    ROBERTO MELLI - Still life, 1946

    Est: €4,000 - €6,000

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 Still life, 1946 Oil on canvas, 43 x 47 cm Signed and dated lower right: Melli 46

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Roberto Melli - Bozzetto pubblicitario
    Nov. 13, 2018

    Roberto Melli - Bozzetto pubblicitario

    Est: €500 - €700

    mixed media on paper, cm 20 x 14 signed lower right

    Finarte Roma
  • MELLI ROBERTO
    Oct. 23, 2018

    MELLI ROBERTO

    Est: €25,000 - €27,500

    ROBERTO MELLI (1885-1958) Ritratto di Maria Passarella 1954 olio su tela cm 150x90 provenienza: Collezione privata Roma Ritratto di Maria Passarella 1954 oil on canvas 59 05x35 43 in provenance: Private collection Rome

    Aste Boetto SRL
  • Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 – Roma 1958)
    Apr. 19, 2018

    Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 – Roma 1958)

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    Marina, 1945 olio su tela, cm 34,5 x 47,5 Firmato al verso: Melli ESPOSIZIONI: Ferrara, Roberto Melli, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna - Palazzo dei Diamanti, giugno - ottobre 1975, ripr. cat. n°65 (etichetta al retro) PROVENIENZA: Collezione Mario Romani, Roma; Collezione privata, Roma 1 oil on canvas, cm 34,5 x 47,5 signed on the reverse

    Finarte Roma
  • Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch".
    Aug. 30, 2017

    Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch".

    Est: $300 - $400

    Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch". Signed. Partially affixed to cardboard, toning from age, rough edges. Measures 5-1/8" x 5-5/8". Shipping $48.00 (estimate $300-$400)

    Kodner Galleries
  • Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper
    Jun. 21, 2017

    Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper

    Est: $300 - $400

    Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch". Signed. Partially affixed to cardboard, toning from age, rough edges. Measures 5-1/8" x 5-5/8". Shipping $48.00 (estimate $300-$400)

    Kodner Galleries
  • ROBERTO MELLI - Roman landscape, 1943
    May. 24, 2017

    ROBERTO MELLI - Roman landscape, 1943

    Est: €4,500 - €5,500

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara, 1885 - Rome, 1958 Roman landscape, 1943 Oil on canvas, 42 x 55 cm circa Signed and dated lower right: Melli 43

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch"
    Oct. 19, 2016

    Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch"

    Est: $600 - $800

    Roberto Melli, Italian (1885-1958) Ink and watercolor on paper. "Futurist Sketch". Signed. Partially affixed to cardboard, toning from age, rough edges. Measures 5-1/8" x 5-5/8". Shipping $48.00 (estimate $600-$800)

    Kodner Galleries
  • ROBERTO MELLI - Still life with vase and scimitar, 1943
    Jun. 08, 2016

    ROBERTO MELLI - Still life with vase and scimitar, 1943

    Est: €3,500 - €4,000

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara 1885 - Rome 1958 Still life with vase and scimitar, 1943 Oil on canvas, 50 x 63,5 cm Signed and dated lower left: Melli 43 Label on the back of Exhibition Macerata 1992 Exhibited and Literature Melli, by G. Appella, Leonardo de Luca Editore 1992, n. 109 ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara 1885 - Roma 1958 Natura morta con vaso e scimitarra, 1943 Olio su tavola, 50 x 63,5 cm Firma e data in basso a sinistra: Melli 43 Etichetta al retro della Mostra di Macerata del 1992 Esposizioni e Pubblicazioni Melli, a cura di G. Appella, Leonardo de Luca Editore 1992, n. 109

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara 1885 - Rome 1958 S
    Dec. 18, 2015

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara 1885 - Rome 1958 S

    Est: €5,500 - €6,500

    ROBERTO MELLI Ferrara 1885 - Rome 1958 Still Life with Pears, 1940 Oil on canvas 34 x 25 cm Signed and dated lower right: Melli 40

    Bertolami Fine Art s.r.l.
  • Ritratto di donna.
    Dec. 02, 2014

    Ritratto di donna.

    Est: €3,000 - €4,000

    Firma e data in basso a destra.

    Capitolium Art
  • Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 - Roma 1958) Figura di vecchia
    Nov. 11, 2014

    Roberto Melli (Ferrara 1885 - Roma 1958) Figura di vecchia

    Est: €800 - €1,200

    tecnica mista su faesite, cm 62,5 x 48Al verso etichetta della galleria La Bussola, Torino; galleria Il Ridotto, Torino

    Finarte Roma
  • ROBERTO MELLI
    Nov. 22, 2011

    ROBERTO MELLI

    Est: €15,000 - €20,000

    1885 - 1958 DALIE SIGNED AND DATED 1938, OIL ON CANVAS firmato e datato 1938 olio su tela cm 70x60

    Sotheby's
  • Roberto Melli (Italian, 1885-1958), ³Cabin in the
    Jun. 28, 2009

    Roberto Melli (Italian, 1885-1958), ³Cabin in the

    Est: $1,000 - $1,500

    Roberto Melli (Italian, 1885-1958), ³Cabin in the Italian Alps², oil on canvas, signed ³Melli² lower right, sight 10 in. x 12 3/4 in., under glass in a later wood frame.

    Neal Auction Company
  • Roberto Melli (1885-1958)
    May. 23, 2006

    Roberto Melli (1885-1958)

    Est: €7,500 - €9,500

    La calza firmato e datato Melli 950 (in basso a destra) olio su tela cm 86x65 Eseguito nel 1950

    Christie's
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