Claudio from Florence - Horse in freedom

The depiction of animals in art has ancient origins, even appearing in primitive cave paintings. For religious reasons, various types of animals appear in the works of various ancient civilizations. It was especially in the Middle Ages, within the International Gothic style, that animal depictions became widespread as true life portraits, both within works of art and in notebooks of drawings and sketches. The presence of animals as subjects in art remained constant until the contemporary era. In this painting, Claudio Da Firenze focuses his research on the figure of the horse. A noble animal, a symbol of beauty and harmony, the horse has repeatedly been a prominent subject in the history of art. Since the fourteenth century, its presence has always been obligatory in battle scenes or equestrian monuments, and for artists, representing it with anatomical precision and naturalistic rendering has always been a challenge.

Born into the artistic family of Carlo Domenici, one of the most important representatives of the Labronica School, Claudio da Firenze's pictorial language is also distinguished by the prevalence of color over line and a synthetic style of application that represents a reinterpretation of the Tuscan Macchiaioli tradition. In Claudio da Firenze's paintings, therefore, we can appreciate how reality is reconstructed through patches of color that create a harmonious interplay of shapes and planes that interlock on the surface of the painting. The use of light, again through the tonal values ​​of color, is fundamental and dramatic, in measuring spaces and distances and determining precise and unique atmospheric conditions.

Claudio Domenici was born in Florence in 1943. Born into an artistic family, his father, Carlo Domenici, was one of the most illustrious exponents of the 20th-century Labronica School. After attending the Florence Art Institute and the School of Graphic Arts, and pursuing an interest in advertising and graphic design, he began his career by participating in his first exhibitions and competitions with considerable success. Since 1968, he has participated in countless exhibitions both in Italy and abroad. Among the most notable are the solo shows from his Spanish period, held in Madrid, Barcelona, ​​Girona, and Lloret de Mar; as well as those organized in the United States, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, at the Zantman Gallery in Palm Desert and Carmel, where Claudio's paintings are permanently exhibited; and finally in London and Lugano.

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