Galfrè - Grandfather

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

This is certainly a finely crafted work, demonstrating a very classical conception of portraiture, with an execution that nonetheless takes into account the period in which the painting was created. This means that Galfrè aims for a completely naturalistic rendering of the subject, managing to depict, with a certain realistic truth, the entire physiognomy without any idealistic intent. The painter captures every single wrinkle on the sitter's face, every sign of aging. Formally, he achieves this with an excellent technique based on a whimsically painterly, very modern approach, which breaks down the forms, making them more expressive.

Galfrè is characterized as a painter with an excellent academic background. His work reflects a classical and traditional conception of portraiture, based on a naturalistic rendering achieved through remarkable technique. Galfrè, however, makes his art more vibrant and alive through a typically 19th-century pictorial style, which is connected to a certain realist influence that seems to have inspired him.

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