Filippo de Pisis was an Italian painter and poet known for his still lifes and cityscapes. Painted with broken brushstrokes and muted pastel hues, De Pisis created the airy quality of a mirage. “Sometimes a chicken feather, a poor dusty feather picked up from the street and contemplated in a moment of grace, can become the spark for the composition of a beautiful painting, a beautiful still life, full of that secret spirit that feels like eternity,” he once mused. Born Luigi Filippo Tibertelli on May 11, 1896 in Ferrara, Italy, he studied literature and philosophy in Bologna where he met Giorgio de Chirico and Giorgio Morandi. De Pisis relocated to Paris in 1925, where he became a part of the milieu of Georges Braque, André...