Mario Sironi - Untitled

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic movements. However, when an artist's goal is to represent an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is also charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. Symbolism and Expressionism are emblematic stylistic movements in their conceptual interpretation of reality, with an iconic rendering of images and a symbolic interpretation in the use of color.

This drawing is indicative of a futurist phase in Mario Sironi's artistic language, presenting an aesthetic traceable to the movement founded by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in 1909. The subject itself clearly demonstrates a desire to celebrate the modern city and technological progress, with the automobile almost merging with the urban landscape. The execution method confirms this direction: Sironi uses the drawing's handwriting to convey the unstoppable speed of the machine and the unstoppable growth of the industrialized city. The fast-moving lines are extensions of the subjects in space, indicating their imminent potential for movement.

Mario Sironi, born in Sassari in 1885, died in Milan in 1961. His artistic career is primarily linked to the Novecento group, which, coinciding with the general climate of a return to order in European painting after the historical avant-garde, advocated a return to the Italian pictorial tradition and an exaltation of plastic values. Sironi's works are distinguished by the rationality of their compositional structure, especially in his celebrated urban landscapes, imbued with magical realism.

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