Gianni Testa - Horses

A noble animal, a symbol of beauty and harmony, the horse has repeatedly been a prominent subject in the history of art. Since the fourteenth century, its presence has always been obligatory in battle scenes and equestrian monuments, and painters have always found it a challenge to depict it with anatomical precision and naturalistic rendering.

Inspired by his favorite subject, the horse, Gianni Testa's works are characterized by an almost exaggerated dynamism, as this painting also demonstrates. The vigorous movement and strength of the animals translate into an expressionist fervor that transforms the entire composition into a vortex of curvilinear rhythms. Formally, the dynamism is also enhanced through a pronounced pictorialism that breaks down the forms. Chromatically, the colors focus on brown and fiery hues.

Gianni Testa is an artist born in Rome in 1936, where he still lives and works. Throughout his career, he has participated several times in the Rome Biennale, the Rome Quadrennial, and the Milan Triennale. He has exhibited his work in numerous shows in Italy and abroad (Germany, Basel, New York, Philadelphia). He has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Lifetime Achievement Award presented by Vittorio Sgarbi. In 2014, he was the subject of a retrospective exhibition at the Complesso del Vittoriano in Rome, presented by Claudio Strinati.

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