Francesco Coppa - Looking at the River

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, up until the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

This painting is part of a series of very small works by Francesco Coppa. The subjects are always small genre scenes, depicting life in the countryside and in seaside towns, or landscapes and seascapes of the Sicilian coast. The execution reveals a highly painterly Francesco Coppa, who constructs these scenes with great freshness and immediacy. The style is extremely cursive, almost sketchy: with a few deft brushstrokes, the painter manages to bring the subjects to life and create space, all through color.

Francesco Coppa is a painter originally from Acireale, where he was born in 1954. He primarily works with genre scenes and landscapes, employing a strong impressionistic technique. Throughout his career, he has also experimented with more figurative forms of expression, including hyperrealist and metaphysical aesthetics.

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