F. Ferrarese - Fishermen

Social themes in art began to gain prominence in the mid-19th century, coinciding with the spread of social questions throughout European societies. The work of painters such as Millet and Daumier, for example, favored subjects related to the working classes, life in the fields, factory work, or strikes. In Italy, among the first painters to engage deeply with social and popular themes were Pellizza da Volpedo and, in the contemporary era, Renato Guttuso.

Ferrarese manages to combine in his artistic language the Neapolitan taste for realistic folk scenes with a post-Impressionist execution typical of the Divisionist and Macchiaioli movements. The brushstrokes are rapid and densely colored, while the space of the scene is measured by the progressive gradation of hues. However, Ferrarese's cursive style is restrained just enough to fill his work with curious and realistic details, essential for imbuing the scene with a folksy character.

Ferrarese is a painter born in Torre del Greco in 1948. In his production, focused on genre scenes of a social and popular nature, he manages to combine a typically Neapolitan realism with an exquisitely contemporary pictorial complexity.

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