Antonia Lucchese - A WOMAN'S GAZE

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

Artist Antonia Lucchese, specializing in watercolor painting, has successfully interpreted this technique, enhancing its characteristics in a vision with modern and original features. This talent is also developed in a prolific production of portraits. As in her views and landscapes, Antonia Lucchese's study of the human face begins with reality and the recording of sensory data. But on this realist foundation, the artist once again applies the investigative power of light, brought about by the diluted color of the watercolor. In this way, Antonia Lucchese can go beyond the simple physiognomy, which nevertheless remains perfectly delineated, and seek out the true essence of the person before her. The combined action of color and light gives Antonia Lucchese's portraits a strong expressionist potential, so that the image that emerges is not only the exterior, but also the more intimate and hidden. Especially in the portraits, the use of color also consistently reflects the expressionist aesthetic of these works. In fact, the chromatic choices go beyond the sensory data to acquire, rather, an emotional and spiritual value.

Antonia Lucchese, born in Padua on May 21, 1946, lived in Venice for 18 years, where she earned a high school diploma in classical studies. She later moved to Bologna, where, after graduating in Literature and Philosophy and subsequently in Psychology, she taught Psychology for over thirty years. Her passion for art in general has always been central to her interests; after her professional career ended, she was able to devote herself more fully to her innate artistic talent, attending the Academy of Art in Bologna, where she specialized in watercolor. Her extensive body of work has been the subject of numerous exhibitions, receiving encouraging reviews from several respected art critics. Her work has been praised by distinguished critics such as Eugenio Riccomini and Antonio Faeti. Among her admirers is Maestro Wolfango, who considered watercolor to be the most difficult of techniques. Wolf said: "She knows how to tame water, which, on its own, would escape in every direction." We remember the illustrations she created for three books: 'Bologna da scoprire' (BUP ed.), followed by 'Bologna in piazza' (Perdisa ed.) with Tiziana Roversi and Matteo Marchesini, and 'Storia di Amalia' (Pendragon ed.). Antonia Lucchese passed away in Bologna in 2016.

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