Emilio Comba - Apparitions

The iconography of this painting certainly has allegorical meanings and can be defined, in some ways, as symbolist precisely because of its allusion to underlying meanings. It is a type of subject that can be traced back to the artistic language of late nineteenth-century painters such as Moreau, Bocklin, or Puvis des Chavannes, who, despite using a substantially figurative language, developed intellectually complex iconographies, full of symbolic and allegorical references.

The enigmatic vision of a woman from behind is a recurring theme in Emilio Comba's paintings. Formally, the subject is interpreted with a synthesis: reality is decontextualized and rendered iconic to heighten its symbolic value. Thus, the woman's figure is delineated with a few lines in an almost immaterial form, devoid of volumetric consistency. Comba then intervenes with his colorful pictorialism, heightening the work's symbolism.

Emilio Comba is a painter originally from Turin, born in 1924. His painting style is highly personal and distinctive. He straddles the line between Symbolism, with his subjects often imbued with mystery and hidden meaning, and Expressionism, with his synthetic form and unconventional use of color.

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