Giulio Falzoni - Old Milan The Darsena
Giulio Falzoni - Old Milan The Darsena
SKU:RMIC005
Watercolor, 50x70 , year 1959
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Characteristics
Characteristics
Formato: Medium (40-100cm)
Orientamento: Vertical
Supporto: Other
Soggetto: Venice
Stile: Figurative
Description of the work
Description of the work
The painting can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones.
Artist Giulio Falzoni, specializing in watercolor painting, has masterfully interpreted this technique, enhancing its characteristics in a modern and original vision. This is evident in his scenes of everyday life: the painter begins with reality and transfigures it into the intense expressionism of his watercolor technique. Reality thus becomes a total pictorial vibration with decidedly poetic overtones, the fruit of an exercise in pure perception on the part of the artist. Formally, this is expressed by maximizing the expressive potential of diluted color. Giulio Falzoni's refined sensibility manifests itself in recording the effect of light on objects, yet this exercise is carried out with a strong poetic sense that shapes the representation of sensory data. Thus, light almost dissolves objects, transferring them to the timeless dimension of memory. Light and color act in unison, and this enhances the art of watercolor in a coherent representation that maintains its connection to reality while translating it into a highly lyrical dimension.
Giulio Falzoni was born in Marmirolo in 1900 and died in Milan in 1979. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, specializing in watercolor. His first solo exhibition was held in Mantua in 1939, followed by Florence, Padua, Prato, Naples, Venice, and Milan. In 1947, he participated in the Mostra d'Arte Mantovana at the Palazzo della Ragione in Mantua during the Mantua Art Fair. Exhibitions of his work have been held in the United States, England, and France. His paintings are held in numerous collections, including the Uffizi Gallery and the Capitoline Museums.
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