Arturo Bonanomi - Monza Suburbs

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and the Modern Era, but predominantly in an idealized manner. Scenes of city life became typical themes with a more realistic interpretation starting in the 19th century. It's worth remembering how, immediately following the realist movements of the 19th century, the Impressionists also placed great emphasis on the everyday, on everyday life, with a certain predilection, however, for the frenetic pace of the city, its crowds, traffic, and typically bourgeois settings.

This work highlights Arturo Bonanomi's Post-Impressionist maturity. The composition is entirely constructed through color, and the brushstrokes have a notable structural value. The painter's aim is not to capture the tangible details of the landscape, but to capture its very essence, its substance. To this end, the brushstrokes, rich in texture, intervene, which, despite the essentiality of the representation, breaks down the space into different planes, recording the vibrations of light and life on the subject, often outlined by a thick black outline. Chromatically, the coherent, cold tonal unity stands out.

Arturo Bonanomi was born in 1920 in Calolziocorte and passed away in Lecco in 2010. He initially practiced restoration and decoration, later establishing himself as a landscape painter. Both his language and his subjects retain a 19th-century feel. Bonanomi was also a poet, composing several significant verses between the 1940s and the 1980s and 1990s.

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