Bruno Coen (attribution) - Untitled

The human figure has always been at the center of artistic research. Since the classical age, the naturalistic rendering of human anatomy has been a primary goal of painters and sculptors throughout history. The representation of the nude is the ultimate expression of this aspiration, pervasive across all eras and stylistic trends. Indeed, in addition to the naturalistic interpretations of the Renaissance and various classicisms, which aimed for a truthful and detailed representation of the human body, the nude has also been a central figure in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.

This work is part of a series of watercolors in which Bruno Coen begins with reality and the recording of sensory data. But on this realist foundation, the artist exercises the investigative action of light, brought about by the diluted color of the watercolor. In this way, Bruno Coen can go beyond the simple phenomenal data, which nevertheless remains perfectly delineated, and seek the true essence of the subject before him. The combined action of color and light gives Bruno Coen's watercolors a strong expressionistic potential, so that the image that emerges is not only external, but also more intimate and hidden. The use of color also consistently reflects the expressionist aesthetic of these works. Indeed, the chromatic choices, based on a predominance of pinks and violets, transcend the sensory to acquire, instead, an emotional and spiritual significance.

Bruno Coen is an artist born in 1939. Especially in his watercolor works, he seeks an expressive line between figuration and abstraction, arriving at an elegant graphic and coloristic solution.

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