Giorgio de Chirico
(1888 - 1978)

 

Giuseppe Maria Alberto Giorgio de Chirico was an Italian artist and writer born in Greece. In the years before World War I, he founded the scuola metafisica art movement, which profoundly influenced the surrealists. His best-known works often feature Roman arcades, long shadows, mannequins, trains, and illogical perspective. His imagery reflects his affinity for the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer and of Friedrich Nietzsche, and for the mythology of his birthplace.
After 1919, he became a critic of modern art, studied traditional painting techniques, and worked in a neoclassical or neo-Baroque style, while frequently revisiting the metaphysical themes of his earlier work. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgio_de_Chirico

Deux mannequins en buste (Two Half-length Mannequins)
Oil on canvas
50 x 40 cm
Private collection
Sold on 10 Apr 2022, Chaville, France.

Result: €380,000
https://www.gazette-drouot.com/en/article/giorgio-de-chirico-s-enigma/34416