Eugenio Mantegani - The Naviglio Grande

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and Modern Ages, but predominantly in an idealized manner. Scenes of city life became typical themes with a more realistic interpretation starting in the 19th century. It's worth remembering that immediately following the realist movements of the 19th century, the Impressionists also placed great emphasis on the everyday, on everyday life, with a certain predilection, however, for the frenetic pace of the city, its crowds, traffic, and typically bourgeois settings. The majority of Eugenio Mantegani's paintings are dedicated to the city of Milan. His favorite subjects are evocative views of the cathedral or views of the canals.

The painting was created with a remarkable Impressionist technique. The artist uses rapid, concise brushstrokes to quickly delineate shapes and volumes. This allows him to capture, with every single brushstroke, the effects of light and atmosphere on objects, and to instantly convey a city scene with precise weather and environmental conditions. The entire color palette, from the street or canal to the sky, is precisely matched to the atmospheric conditions being depicted. As with the Impressionists, the perspective grid is not eliminated; spatial depth is determined exclusively through color shading.

Eugenio Mantegani, 1929-2005, Milanese painter. Known for his lively and poetic depictions of Milan, Mantegani developed his artistic language through a remarkable impressionistic technique that, in addition to bringing freshness and immediacy to the urban landscape, adds a poignant poetic quality to the scenes.

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