Leonardo De Magistris - Flowers with a Night Landscape

Flowers as an independent subject 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 were depicted 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 became a way of interpreting reality.

Leonardo De Magistris's landscapes and floral compositions are constructed essentially through color. The surface lacks compositional depth, but distance is perceived through complex chromatic transitions. Even objects are pure concentrations of color. Individual brushstrokes delineate the shape of a house or a tree. Everything is resolved through a layering process in which the brushstrokes, arranged on different planes, create a complex surface. The color is composed of transparent glazes and gives the subject a certain evanescence that makes it more poetic.

Leonardo De Magistris was a Roman painter, born in 1933 and died in 2010. He was one of the founders of the Via Margutta painters' association and the Alternativa 94 association. De Magistris lived in a villa in Formello, immersed in the Roman countryside, which he loved to paint and reproduce in his paintings. One of his last exhibitions was held in his beloved Via Margutta, at the Vittoria gallery.

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