{"product_id":"gino-spalmach-ritratto","title":"Gino Spalmach - Portrait","description":"\u003cp\u003ePortraiture 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.\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cbr\u003e \nIn his pictorial work, artist Gino Spalmach stands out for his truly excellent formal quality. This can be seen not only in his landscapes but also in his many portraits, in which, despite the diversity of subjects, a profound sense of naturalistic rendering, interpreted in a modern key, remains constant. Indeed, although his recording of facial features is impeccable, almost photographic, Spalmach strives to avoid any attempt to idealize the subject. For this reason, his characters are imbued with a real vitality, born of the genuineness of their gestures, their sometimes almost casual poses, and the profound existential vibrations he manages to convey through his painting. Indeed, Gino Spalmach's pictorial style is distinguished by its great complexity and a modern sense of naturalistic rendering. His linework is fluid and, in some cases, more synthetic, achieving a truly realistic and therefore living dimension to the human figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\n \u003cp\u003eGino Spalmach (Rome 1900 – 1966). Upon his father's death in 1916, he moved to Modena, where he attended the Institute of Fine Arts. After Caporetto, he volunteered and went to the front. Discharged in 1921, he returned to Rome, where he spent his days visiting museums. He rented a space to use as a studio. He entered the Royal Prize of the Accademia di San Luca, coming in joint first. In 1924, he entered the Royal Prize of the Accademia di San Luca again, winning with his painting \"Ultimo commiato.\" In October 1940, he was called up for military service and assigned to the General Command of the Italian troops in Albania, with the rank of lieutenant, tasked with portraying war scenes. His works from the front were published in newspapers and purchased by public bodies. During those years, he held his first solo exhibitions. After September 8, 1943, he was recalled and invited to join a regiment stationed in Mestre. But he escaped and took refuge in Mentana, organizing with other soldiers to resist the Germans. Following a tip-off, he was put on a train bound for Germany. Gino Spalmach arrived at the international concentration camp of Moosburg, near Munich, under the control of the International Red Cross. Thanks to an inmate who gave him paper and pastels, he began working again. Gino Spalmach devoted much of his time to studies and sketches of daily life in the camp and was even commissioned to paint something on the walls of a small chapel set up in a barracks. Finally, on August 17, 1945, Gino Spalmach left for Italy by truck and arrived in Rome on August 27. He resumed work in his studio on Via Margutta. The works he created during his time in prison were very successful, and he exhibited in several galleries. He also participated in the 6th, 7th, and 9th Rome Quadrennials.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nicastro Gabriele Giovanni","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56218290061698,"sku":"GNIC001","price":2000.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/IMG20211214135750-scaled.jpg?v=1768472521","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/gino-spalmach-ritratto","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}