Adelio Colombo - Untitled

The work 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. The Impressionists, in particular, favored subjects related to modern life in urban, bourgeois settings. More specifically, Adelio Colombo's artistic production is directed at an investigation, conducted along the lines of existentialism and the analysis of human relationships, of a simple, everyday world, captured in the essence of its existence.

Adelio Colombo's artistic poetics recurs in most of his works. The scene depicted is realistic, yet lacking in physiognomic details, objective details that could identify the situation or even place it within a social context. Colombo's existentialist art is not interested in external social reality, but rather in the inner reality of man, which the artist explores through his expressive means. The pictorial deformations that characterize Colombo's paintings are a means of expressing his search for the existential essence of the subject represented. As is his wont, Colombo precisely frames the scene, defining an interior, a restricted space in which the subjects interact with one another. In this space, the artist highlights their internal movements by expressively deforming the figures. The subjects are imbued with emotional vibrations, through a subtle line and a dynamic application of color that reduces everything to the essential. These vibrations also resonate in the space of the work, communicating the artist's refined perception of everyday reality.

Adelio Colombo was born in Daverio in 1912, where he died in 1984. A student of Giuseppe Talamoni, he participated in several important events: the 20th Biennial of the Permanente in Milan, 1956-1957 editions; Painters on Holiday, Valcuvia (Varese); the National Drawing Exhibition in Lodi; the Copparo Prize; the Bozzolo Prize; Milan Today and the Lombard Cities at the Permanente; various exhibitions at the Cesare da Sesto (Varese) and group exhibitions at the Circolo degli Artisti of Varese. By invitation, he participated in the Italo-Swiss Extemporanea in Besano (Varese). He won First Prize at the Laveno Prize and the S. Remo Vetta Prize.

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