Franco Massei - Macchiole in bobbin lace - Calambrone Livorno

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 Massei is a leading exponent of the Tuscan school, and his pictorial language is distinguished by the prevalence of color over line and a synthetic style of application that represents a reinterpretation of the Macchiaioli tradition. In his works, we can appreciate how his use of light, always through the tonal values ​​of color, is highly dramatic. As in the paintings of the Macchiaioli, the light pervades the entire scene, clear, crisp, and unifying. The brushstrokes, extremely vibrant and dense with color, give the entire composition a great freshness.

Franco Massei was a painter originally from Pisa, born in 1925 and died in 2006. His painting draws on the Tuscan Macchiaioli tradition both in his choice of subjects, inspired by the countryside, and in his post-impressionist technique, which dissolves form in color and light.

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