Fernando Gutierrez - Mills of La Mancha

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 a major aspiration for artists of every era. 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; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

In this work, Fernando Gutierrez displays an uncommon closeness to sensory data, in a perfect fusion of realism and delicate impressionistic rendering. On the one hand, the artist precisely describes the view in all its details, with a strong sense of local reality and the everyday life of simple experiences. On the other, his refined painting technique allows him to convey a sense of immediacy to the canvas, thanks to rapid brushstrokes charged with atmospheric vibrations. Light thus reverberates on objects, but without interfering with the precise description of reality. The entire view is thus characterized by a clear luminosity that is revealed, by contrast, in the play of shadows. The use of a palette of soft and delicate colors also serves this purpose.

Fernando Gutierrez De Velasco was born in 1938 in Bilbao (Vizcaya) and was a student of Juan Miró's Picasso school. His early work is closely linked to the painter Ortega. He began painting social realism with him on the streets of Vizcaya, demonstrating his solidarity with the miners of Asturias. In 1964, he moved to Paris, where he still works in Ortega's studio. Having settled permanently in Italy, he furthered his studies at the Brera Academy under Maestro Usellini. He has participated in numerous exhibitions and competitions, always receiving the most prestigious awards.

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