Giampietro Maggi - Disappearing Milan, Via Canonica

Giampietro Maggi, born in Milan, shows us the streets of his city through this print. Through a well-executed perspective, he depicts a warm and welcoming Milan with vibrant color schemes. Perhaps the very choice of technique—chromolithography, which uses lithographic printing to create color drawings that primarily convey the illusion of tempera—helps the print acquire a pictorial quality. The view depicted by the painter is an interpretation of the landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction. In the history of art, landscape painting began with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance, followed by atmospheric rendering in the 16th century, and finally, in Impressionism, the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects.

The expressionistic nature of the color lithography is enhanced by a vibrant design in which all its compositional elements emerge in a unique style. The urban view of Milan, set against a backdrop of warm colors, seems to erase the idea of ​​a gray city, exalting it with vibrant hues. It's remarkable how everything is brought to life by Gianpietro Maggi's complex graphic design—the facades of the houses, the square animated by figures that tell the story of a city bursting with life.

Gianpietro Maggi is a Milanese painter born in 1934, who lives and works in his hometown. His career spans over fifty years, featuring numerous solo and group exhibitions and winning national and international awards. This career culminated with the retrospective exhibition held in Milan entitled "A Life for Art." He was also named a Knight of the Italian Republic for his artistic achievements.

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