Alberto Bragaglia - Naked Women Waiting

The human figure has always been at the center of artistic research. Since the classical age, the naturalistic rendering of human anatomy has been a primary goal of painters and sculptors throughout history. The representation of the nude is the ultimate expression of this aspiration, pervasive across all eras and stylistic trends. Indeed, in addition to the naturalistic interpretations of the Renaissance and various classicisms, which aimed for a truthful and detailed representation of the human body, the nude has also been a central theme in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde movements, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.

In the work of painter Alberto Bragaglia, the human body plays a prominent role, as we can also see in this "Nude Women Waiting." In this painting, however, his language takes on slightly different connotations than usual, which makes this work particularly interesting. Rather than the usual spiraling, chromatic abstraction that pervades his subjects, in these female nudes Bragaglia achieves a notable exaltation of plasticity. The body is stripped to its essentials, stripped of its contingent details, and the painter seeks to distill the true existential meaning of these subjects. Plasticity, however, although hinted at by a thin black line, is present to leave a connection, albeit allusive, with perceptible reality. The rest is a pictorial vibration of remarkable expressive value. All this is possible thanks to Alberto Bragaglia's refined technique in modulating color, in his ability to create a dynamic impasto, made of shifting and iridescent hues.

Alberto Bragaglia (Frosinone, January 26, 1896 – Anzio, April 30, 1985). He attended the Visconti Gymnasium and, later, the painting studio of Amedeo Bocchi and Umberto Boccioni. In 1920 he graduated in law and in 1923 in philosophy; his mother died in the same year. He began a career as a state high school teacher, a career he continued until 1966. In 1926 he married Ines Desideri, known as Nessy. In 1918, the Casa d'arte Bragaglia was founded at Via Condotti 21 by brothers Anton Giulio and Carlo Ludovico, an independent art gallery. It exhibited the works of Giacomo Balla; Umberto Boccioni, Francesco Cangiullo, Giorgio De Chirico, Antonio Sant'Elia, Fortunato Depero, Mario Sironi, Lorenzo Viani, Julius Evola, Ottone Rosai, Massimo Campigli, Filippo De Pisis.

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