FRANCO BENASSI - MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE

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.

Franco Benassi's style, both in landscapes and still lifes, presents a perfect fusion of realism and a delicate, impressionistic rendering of sensory details. On the one hand, the artist precisely describes the view in all its details, with a strong sense of rural life and the everyday life of simple life. 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 reflects on objects, but without interfering with the precise depiction of reality. Franco Benassi's entire interpretation of reality is therefore characterized by a clear luminosity that is revealed, by contrast, in the play of shadows. The use of a palette of soft, delicate colors also serves this purpose.

Franco Benassi was born in Trento on April 25, 1935. He attended art school in his hometown at the Artigianelli Institute, where he was taken in after a Carabiniere, who had found him an orphan and homeless, took his plight to heart two years after the loss of his entire family in the terrible bombings the city suffered, bearing the indelible marks of that event himself. In 1978, he began entering his first competitions, attending academies, and attending his first exhibitions, immediately receiving widespread acclaim from the art world. This quickly led to international success and recognition, leading him to join the SINTESI group in Milan, of which he was an active member. His solo exhibitions have always been a success throughout Europe, and some of his works are held in numerous museums.

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