Giovanni Omiccioli - Boat on the Arrone

Landscape has always been a central theme in artistic research, both as a setting, as a backdrop, and as a subject itself. The naturalistic depiction of landscape has been a major aspiration for artists of every era. Each historical period has offered its own interpretation of landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction: first with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance; then with atmospheric rendering in the 16th century; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism. In keeping with the aesthetic canons of the Roman School, of which Omiccioli is one of the most important representatives, the landscape in this painting is minimal and intimate.

Compared to his easel landscapes, in which Giovanni Omiccioli advocates a minimalist expressionism rooted in the "Roman School," this etching demonstrates a closer adherence to phenomenal reality. Thus, although his minimalism is confirmed by the use of essential expressive means (a simple incised line and impressionistic hatching), the descriptions of this slice of reality are effective and vivid. In short, one senses a different, unprecedented spirit compared to the sparse Roman countryside typical of this painter's landscapes. Intimate, yes, but with a more rational and rigorous compositional approach. The result, however, is always a sincere and poetic realism.

Giovanni Omiccioli was a Roman artist born in 1901 and died in 1975. He joined the Roman School in 1928, associating with Mafai, Raphael, and Scipione. He was also active in politics, producing the first newspaper for Unità in 1945. That same year, he participated in the First Exhibition of Art Against Barbarism, promoted by the communist newspaper at the Galleria di Roma. Winner of the Marzotto Prize with "The Shepherd with the Goat," Omiccioli was present at major exhibitions, particularly notable for his invitation to a retrospective at the Hermitage in St. Petersburg and a solo exhibition at the Galleria d'Arte La Medusa in Naples.

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