Marco Novati - Untitled

Portraiture 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.

Marco Novati was a specialist in the portrait genre. In this work, we can appreciate his mastery of what can be considered a more formal and official style. The artist maintains a perfect balance between naturalistic rendering and a certain pictorial complexity that helps the image convey existential and psychological vibrations. The structural brushstroke also helps construct the subject's volumes. The chromatic range is always subdued in a dark realism that is this painter's signature style.

Marco Novati was a Venetian painter, born in 1895 and died in 1975. Primarily self-taught, he trained in the studio of Emilio Paggiaro. Facing financial hardship due to family problems, he developed his dark realism. He had numerous group and solo exhibitions, some posthumously. He participated in several editions of the Venice Biennale.

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