Portrait of Dante Tomasini – (Giuseppe Enzo Palanti) ◄ Previous Next ►

Artist: Giuseppe Enzo Palanti

Date: 1942

Museum: Ca’ Granda – Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico (Milan, Italy)

Technique: Oil

Dante Tomasini, the first of three brothers, lost his father at the age of 13, rolls up his sleeves and starts working to keep his younger brothers, but continuing his studies at night schools. When it begins to no longer be besieged by economic problems, war breaks out; part and, on his return, three years later, he must start from scratch. He enters as a manager in a textile industry that sails in bad waters, becomes its owner and not only the heal but also makes it competitive at international level. He travels a lot, especially in the Italian neo-colonies, attracted by the life of pioneers who lead in these territories the compatriots who have moved there and by the advantageous business that can be undertaken. With his wife Graziosa Torriani is very committed to charity work. On several occasions the couple donates important figures and substantial equity assets to finance the expansion of the Pavilions which will become the site of university clinics, in addition to purchasing, to distribute free of charge to the poor, 1 million doses of penicillin. The commission of the portrait of Tomasini, like that of his wife, is entrusted to Giuseppe Palanti and both are offered by the couple. The artist performs this portrait live, repeating, with the sober and pleasant manner that he usually does, the outline of the full-figure portrait which, with a very simple setting, tends to highlight the character of the character and his social status. The painting is the