Giovanni Di Munno - Vase with Calla Lilies

Flowers as a subject in themselves began to appear in still lifes, a genre that emerged in the early 17th century. Subsequently, painters, especially the Impressionists, increasingly focused on the floral world as an extraordinary opportunity to capture vibrant colors and light. Thus, flowers began to appear not only in vases, but also immersed in their natural landscape. While initially a pretext for painters to attempt a photographic reproduction of reality, with contemporary art, the subject of flowers also becomes a way of interpreting reality.

Giovanni Di Munno's style presents a perfect fusion of realism and a delicate, impressionistic rendering of sensory details. On the one hand, the artist precisely describes his subjects in every detail, with a strong sense of reality and the everyday, simple experience. On the other, his refined painting technique allows him to convey a sense of immediacy to his works, thanks to rapid brushstrokes charged with atmospheric vibrations. Light thus reflects on objects, but without interfering with the precise depiction of reality. Giovanni Di Munno's painting is therefore characterized by a clear luminosity that is revealed, by contrast, in the play of shadows. The use of a palette of soft, delicate colors also serves this purpose.

Giovanni Di Munno, Monopoli 1919-1993. His predominant interest in landscape, stemming from the 20th-century Apulian painting tradition he had assimilated from his teachers in Monopoli, quickly established him as one of the most prominent figures on the Venezuelan art scene in the 1970s. His encounter and association with the members of the "Escuela de Caracas" were crucial, convincing him to continue his artistic research, completing the path he had undertaken in his native land.

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