Mario Berrino - Tugboat Pilot and Dawn Wake (unknown artist)

Wake Up at Dawn - Unknown Artist

Paintings depicting sailing ships or boats can be considered genre scenes, which depict an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. In particular, the depiction of simple sailing ships or other vessels, outside the historical context of a naval battle, began in the 17th and 18th centuries, influenced by travel and exploration of new continents. In the case of Mario Berrino's work, the depiction of the fishing boat is more closely tied to a nautical theme.

Mario Berrino's pictorial production is characterized by the complete synthesis of reality in pictorial matter. In this painting, too, we can see how the subject is structured in dense, material color and how the forms are synthesized, in an essential manner, by the painter's gesture. The entire painting, then, is characterized by a dynamic and iridescent surface. For it is essentially in color that Mario Berrino finds his lifeblood, in his ability to create luminous and dynamic chromatic impastos.

Mario Berrino was a painter and an important figure from Alassio. Born in 1920, he died in 2011. Besides being an artist, he was also a tireless promoter of initiatives. It is worth remembering that, from his idea, together with the writer Ernest Hemingway, the famous Muretto d'Alassio was born in 1953. From 1976 onwards, he dedicated himself entirely to painting. His paintings are permanently exhibited in two galleries dedicated to him in Alassio and Monte Carlo.

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