Even before the rise of fascism, ideological paintings in Trieste’s contemporary art scene were quite a few. Almost all of them are connected with the national question, and one of the most remarkable cases is undoubtedly Gino Parin’s Figura con pipa. Housed at the MASI Lugano, Switzerland, the work reflects the hurt national sentiment, the (broken) dream of redemption for territories – such as Dalmatia – which, under the Treaty of Rapallo, were awarded to the Kingdom of Yugoslavia
