Unknown Artist - Diptych

The clown was a popular subject among genre painters of the 1970s and 1980s. Many artists dedicated much of their careers to depicting this theme, Romano Mussolini being a prime example. Typically, the interpretation of this subject is similar for all artists who attempt it: the clown appears with his makeup designed to evoke laughter and hilarity, but instead displays a melancholic expression. This contrast is intended to spark an empathetic dialogue with the viewer. The clown has also been favored by many painters for another formal reason. Indeed, his flamboyant makeup and colorful clothing offer painters a pretext for creating original color harmonies.

The pair of paintings shows us how the artist's style has a certain naive tendency, in the sense that the artist seeks a poetic simplification of the subject. Specifically, the subject takes on fairy-tale connotations, with its elongated, caricatural proportions and bright colors. Formally, the artist favors an expressionistic and minimal approach, according to which the subjects are constructed with a very light and transparent brushstroke that stands out against the black background.

The artist who created the two works in question stands out for his pictorial production characterised by a certain naive taste, both in the choice of subjects and in their interpretation.

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