{"product_id":"attr-a-cesare-maggi-senza-titolo","title":"Cesare Maggi - Untitled","description":"\u003cp\u003eLandscape has always been a central theme in artistic research, both as a setting, as a backdrop, and as a subject itself. The naturalistic depiction of landscape has been a major aspiration for artists of every era. Each historical period has offered its own interpretation of landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction: first with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance; then with atmospheric rendering in the sixteenth century; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eThis small-format work has a sketchy quality compared to Cesare Maggi's formal production and reveals an unusual side of the great landscape painter. Indeed, we can appreciate a more spontaneous and instinctive artistic approach compared to his balanced compositions. The strokes used to depict this small view are rapid, and the forms come to life with a few quick strokes. There is, in short, a prevailing post-impressionist quality, indicating the desire to create a work fully in keeping with a veristic aesthetic, yet imbued with an expressiveness rooted in the painter's gestures. Color predominates, both in the description of space, through tonal variations, and in the recording of all the vibrations of light. The application is almost material, and even the palette takes on a tendency toward symbolist nuances.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eCesare Maggi, born in Rome in 1881 to parents who worked in the theater, studied under Vittorio Corcos in Florence, Gaetano Esposito in Naples, and Fernand Cormon in Paris. Impressed by the painting of Giovanni Segantini, he devoted himself to Divisionism, depicting Alpine landscapes of the Engadine and Aosta Valley, often enlivened by the inclusion of figures and animals. Having befriended the painter Giacomo Grosso in Turin in 1901, he successfully turned to portraiture, abandoning the Divisionist technique. While still favoring mountain views, he expanded his subject matter, also exploring marine paintings and still lifes, employing a Divisionist-inspired technique that combines impasto with broad strokes of color. Between 1920 and 1930, he also drew influence from the Novecento art movement. In his later years, he returned to a more illustrative naturalism. In 1912 he participated in the Venice Biennale with the honor of a room entirely dedicated to him, while in 1935 he was appointed teacher of Painting at the Albertina Academy, a position he held until 1951. Ten years later Cesare Maggi died in Turin.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Marco Ravasi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218104037762,"sku":"mrav001","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/1-Maggi-Cesare-2-scaled.jpg?v=1768471157","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/attr-a-cesare-maggi-senza-titolo","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}