Lot 6: AMELIA DA FORNO CASONATO (1878-1969) Landscape in Italy oil on board, fr

AMELIA DA FORNO CASONATO (1878-1969) Landscape in Italy oil on board, framed signed (lower right) 47.5 x 52.5cm (18 11/16 x 20 11/16in).

Provenance: Property from the distinguished collection of Dr Hussein El Shaboury, Alexandria Mahmoud Said studied portraiture at the hand of the artist Arturo Zanieri (1955-1870) who ran an atelier above Albnan studio on Nabi Daniel St. in Alexandria, amongst those who studied with Mahmoud Said in the Zanieri studio in the year 1915 were his cousin Ahmed the artist and draughtsman, and Sharif Sabri, King Farouk’s uncle. Arturo Zanieri was primarily active in Egypt, where he was Director of the Ecole de Beaux Arts in Cairo, and also lived in Alexandria Mahmoud Said was also taught by the Italian artist, Amelia Casonato Daforno, a resident of Alexandria who had studied at the Florence Academy.