Branch - Untitled

The painting can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones. In the case of the present work, we can see how the artist Branca was fascinated by an oriental subject, inspired by Japanese history and art. The vibrant colors that characterize this suggestion offer the painter the opportunity to develop his expressionist language, based on a harmonious distribution of chromatic zones.

As we can see from this painting, Branca's artistic production fits perfectly into a pictorial trend that combines Eastern ethnic themes with a predominantly expressionist language. Indeed, while the subject is ethnically inspired, the style envisions a synthetic interpretation of reality through the technique of painting on glass. In a two-dimensional space, everything is simplified to transfigure reality in an expressive and symbolic sense. The process of abstraction, therefore, is conducted by the painter to extract the essence from sensory data. The subject is thus resolved in a juxtaposition of chromatic zones, with vivid and brilliant colors, in which the volume of the subjects and their physiognomies is lost. In this way, Branca creates an image charged with primary, immutable values, thanks to the expressive essentiality and chromatic strength. The compact distribution of color and the cloisonne technique are reminiscent of Gauguin's à plat.

The artist Branca is the protagonist of an interesting and original pictorial production, in which the coloristic suggestion inspired by oriental themes is transfigured into an expressionist style based on a balance of chromatic zones.

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