Eugenio Galiano - Thornwood Forest

Landscape has always been a central theme in artistic research, both as a setting, as a backdrop, and as a subject itself. The naturalistic depiction of landscape has been an artist's aspiration throughout the centuries. Each historical period has offered its own interpretation of landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction: first with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance, then with atmospheric rendering in the sixteenth century, up until the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

The work seems to reflect Eugenio Galiano's desire to create an expressionist landscape. Reality is interpreted in an extremely synthetic manner, with an exercise in extreme reduction, resulting in an abstract composition. The surface is completely two-dimensional, with no concessions to spatial depth; only the artist's marks hint at some intersection of planes. The brushstrokes delineate the forms in an instinctive, gestural manner. Color is used according to an emotional and spiritual interpretation, in a lyrical connection with reality.

Eugenio Galiano was born in Catanzaro in 1921 and devoted himself to painting from a young age, along with his brother Ezio, revealing a talent for the visual arts from the very beginning. Among his inspirations and teachers was Andrea Cefaly (father). Over the years, he refined his technique through numerous periods, each marked by its own style, until reaching full expressive maturity. He lives and works in Catanzaro.

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