Antonietta Corsini - Hibiscus

Flowers as a subject in themselves begin to appear within the “natures
death”, a genre that saw the light at the beginning of the 17th century. Later
the attention of painters to the floral world, especially with the Impressionists,
is becoming increasingly important, as it is an extraordinary opportunity to capture
chromatic and luminous vibrations. Thus the flowers begin to appear not
not only in pots, but also immersed in their natural landscape. If at the beginning
of its history was a pretext for painters to try their hand at a reproduction
photographic reality, with contemporary art the subject of flowers becomes
also a way of interpreting reality. Even the subject of the vase of flowers is
quite recurrent in Antonietta Corsini's production, as an extraordinary opportunity for naturalistic rendering and precious color harmonies.

The painter Antonietta Corsini has succeeded in bringing the watercolour technique to
highest peaks of formal perfection. In his work, in fact, the precision of
a naturalistic rendering that is extremely faithful to the sensitive data is combined with lightness
typical of diluted color. We can also appreciate it in his series
dedicated to flowers, where the use of watercolour is so refined that it only gives back
through an elegant play of colours, the shape of the flowers and the plasticity of the
vases. The coexistence of different elements in a small space allows
to the artist to make the most of the aesthetic peculiarities of the dilution of the
color. And so the floral composition resolves itself in a light play of
glazes, of semi-transparent harmonies, of tones on tones in a whole
kaleidoscopic and full of light.

Antonietta Corsini was born in Rimini, where she lives and works. She graduated in Painting.
at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna, he began to exhibit his works at
starting from the 90s. Since his first solo and group exhibitions, the artist
creates essential and evocative images that address, in a careful and
sensitive, the themes of family affections, everyday life and memory.
In the 90s he created a series of Mater that celebrate the theme of
motherhood, female generativity and the unique and sacred relationship that binds
Mother and son. Specialist in ancient painting techniques, she collaborates exclusively with
from 1999 to 2004 with Edizioni Musei Vaticani for the reproduction of some
masterpieces kept in the Vatican Pinacoteca. Corsini thus began to favor
techniques from a distant past, focusing on research and
recovery of procedures derived from ancient treatises, with the aim of evoking
suggestive atmospheres and to obtain unique pictorial effects. In particular, the works
on wood and parchment they resume the use of egg tempera on the background
gilded according to the dictates of tradition. Since 2008, he has been experimenting with art
sacred through works of religious subject and artistic and decorative interventions in
modern places of worship which are characterised by their vitality and modernity
Christian message, interpreted by the artist in the light of his profound
spirituality. In parallel with his personal activity, since 2006 he has been holding courses in
Painting Techniques of the Rimini School of the 14th Century at the Rimini Museum
and carries out educational workshops in various schools, as well as moments of
training for art teachers. The museum experience inspires
also the author's research who, through a subtle conceptual operation, begins to transform her subjects, mostly portraits, into icons
contemporary "classics". The museum is therefore not only for the artist
as a place of contemplation and knowledge, but also a source of inspiration
creative thanks to the ever-present lessons of the great Masters of the past.
Today Corsini is engaged in an increasingly in-depth investigation
on the invisible that hides in the visible, through the use of brushstrokes
expressive and bright and transparent color overlays, in order to
recreate a new dimension evoked by rarefied and spiritual atmospheres.
Thus the private intimate sphere becomes universal and the representation
of everything the artist loves – dear faces and presences that accompany him in the
everyday life – acquires a “different” meaning while the narration, from personal,
becomes everyone's. The latest works, inspired by the tradition of the great watercolorists
English, focus on the theme of love for nature and the desire for
to grasp with a gaze full of amazement the extraordinary that lies hidden
in the ordinary. During and after the lockdown, he organizes online workshops of various
painting techniques for private individuals, schools and associations, both in Italy and abroad
United States, combining them with museum workshops and intense educational activities
for schools of all levels. Antonietta Corsini's works are
preserved in public and private spaces in Italy and abroad.

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