Anselmo Pecci - Untitled

Social themes in art began to gain prominence in the mid-19th century, coinciding with the spread of social questions throughout European societies. The work of painters such as Millet and Daumier, for example, favored subjects related to life in the fields, factory work, or strikes. In Italy, among the first painters to engage deeply with social themes were Pellizza da Volpedo and, in the contemporary era, Renato Guttuso. Anselmo Pecci also followed this trend, and his favorite subjects were farmers, depicted through his original and personal artistic language, which combines contemporaneity with an authentic and sincere description of a typical social reality.

Anselmo Pecci's style draws inspiration from expressionist realism. The depiction of peasant labor is precise. However, through the application of color, the artist adds expressionistic intensity to the scene. Pecci's synthesis is achieved either through a very thick line that outlines the figures and adds physiognomy or, as in this case, through the use of dense color. The characters in his works are, therefore, men and women of working-class backgrounds with pronounced facial features, engaged in the hard work of the fields. The color has a highly textured, almost earthy consistency, suggesting a connection, not only formally but also spiritually, to a working-class world.

Anselmo Pecci is a painter from Viterbo whose language draws on an expressionist synthesis inspired by popular subjects.

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