Via di paese. Oil on canvas. Signed and dated lower right.
The painting, from a private collection in Pavia, is published on page 59 of Simona Morani's monograph dedicated to the artist Primo Carena (Bolis editions), with the introduction signed by art critic Rossana Bossaglia.
The glimpse of a village well expresses the subdued intimism associated with rigorous realism that characterize the pictorial production of the painter from Pavia.
In his landscapes Carena tends "to capture the atmospheric reality of places without indulging in descriptivism.... but constantly supported by a lyrical vein, which is the underlying motif of his entire production."
The work is presented in a period frame.