Mario Fattori - The Sheepfold

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. The artist Mario Fattori specialized in peasant-themed genre scenes, in which he depicts the world and activities of the countryside in a simultaneously lyrical and realistic manner.

The style of painter Mario Fattori is built on a delicate, color-driven lyricism. His depiction can be described as essentially realist, crafted with a keen eye for a humble and unassuming dimension. All of this, however, is transfigured into a poetic and emotional sphere by Mario Fattori's pictorial language. His brushstrokes are wavy, charged with luminous and chromatic vibrations. Color has a structural function, and the painter, with just a few synthetic touches, manages to give form to his subjects, ensuring immediacy and freshness to the representation. Fully consistent with the humble and sincerely realist spirit of his poetics, Mario Fattori's palette is distinguished by the predominance of brown and warm tones, in which the artist captures sudden flashes of light through the use of white.

Mario Fattori is an artist born in 1930. He primarily creates genre scenes inspired by the rural world, always interpreted with a blend of realism and poetic lyricism. His clear language, inspired by a frank and sincere intimacy, tells a different story in each work, yet consistently celebrates simple and essential values, such as those tied to the toil and labor of an honest and simple life.

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