1. These are the magic years of Amedeo Bocchi. In the sunlit atmosphere of Villa Strohl-Fern in Rome where the artist lived from 1915 until his death in 1976, one of his masterpieces was created: Breakfast scene, 1919.

The original idea is in a sketch with the same title (see comparison), the setting is in the garden with the three women seated at the table. In the final painting there is a much closer viewpoint and the figures stand out against the background, emphasized by the luminous barrier, green and yellow, behind them. The flower vase has also been moved, as though to compensate with its bright colors for the prodigious play of white of the tablecloth and dresses. The entire work resolves itself into an effective abstraction in which the pictorial play is entirely sustained by light and color..