{"product_id":"antonio-possenti-senza-titolo-9","title":"Antonio Possenti - Untitled","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe self-portrait is a genre that has been widespread throughout the history of art up to the present day. The first examples date back to the Middle Ages, but not as an independent genre, but rather contextualized within a work. As the artist's self-awareness and his or her role developed, self-portraits, especially those set within other works, began to gain popularity as early as the Renaissance. The first examples of independent self-portraits, however, date back to the 16th century. Often, the artist's self-portrait serves as a sort of stylistic manifesto for the painter who conceived it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eAntonio Possenti's surrealism has extremely recognizable connotations. The language he uses has strong connections to the German New Objectivity artistic movement. We often find the same cynical nature of painters like George Grosz or Otto Dix in lashing out at their own society with lucid irony. However, unlike the Germans and the historical surrealists, his painting does not rely on a deliberately illusory hyperrealism, but rather on a caricatured definition, more akin to social satire. This satire, however, is expressed in a highly original manner, translated into a world of eccentric pictorial quotations. Indeed, Antonio Possenti, thanks also to his work as an illustrator and cartoonist, prefers to treat his imaginative world with a graphic character and a colorful palette.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eAntonio Possenti was an artist born and raised in Lucca (1933-2016). He was a painter, teacher, and illustrator. His artistic career began while teaching law in schools in the province of Lucca, while simultaneously working as a satirical illustrator for the weekly magazine \"Il Mondo.\" In 1957, he met Marc Chagall. His work, both as a painter and illustrator, received numerous awards, having been exhibited both in Italy and abroad.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Molteni Gian Paolo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218581336450,"sku":"GMOL008","price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/8-2_06524f21-e79f-4ccd-a689-116b0eceb816.jpg?v=1768474506","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/antonio-possenti-senza-titolo-9","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}