Corrado Cagli - Untitled - FCEC002

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

This lithograph by Corrado Cagli is another splendid example of how the Marche-born artist's artistic production drew inspiration from the art of the past, especially from the tradition of fifteenth- and sixteenth-century Italian painting. In this case, the artist performs an almost philological operation, recreating a true sketch that seems to have emerged from the notebook of a Renaissance artist. The rapid, concise strokes seem to imitate sanguine, as do the shadings that create a subtle shadowing that characterizes the work with a concrete plasticity. The sitter's natural and graceful pose creates a figure of great personality, typical of Corrado Cagli's work.

Corrado Cagli was born in Ancona in 1910 and died in Rome in 1976. His artistic training was divided between Rome, Paris, and New York. Throughout his career, he experimented with various artistic languages, ultimately arriving at a modern contextualization of 15th- and 16th-century art. His works are always characterized by geometric and abstract motifs, earning him the nickname "the Italian Picasso." He employed a variety of techniques, including unusual ones, such as encaustic and mosaic.

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