MATTI HAUPT - Untitled

The human figure has always been at the center of artistic research. Since the classical age, the naturalistic rendering of human anatomy has been a primary goal of painters and sculptors throughout history. The representation of the nude is the ultimate expression of this aspiration, pervasive across all eras and stylistic trends. Indeed, in addition to the naturalistic interpretations of the Renaissance and various classicisms, which aimed for a truthful and detailed representation of the human body, the nude has also been a central figure in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.

The work in question can undoubtedly be interpreted as a study of the human figure, particularly the female, conducted by a sculptor. Indeed, the author's primary interest lies not in the anatomical and physiognomic description of the subject but, rather, in capturing its forms through a highly developed sense of plasticity (typical of a sculptor). The woman's rounded forms express a conception of the human figure that is simultaneously harmonious and monumental, inspired almost by an ordering geometric vision. This can be perceived in the regularity and purity of the forms that compose the figure, as well as in their proportions, which are regular yet tending to expand.

Matti Haupt was born in St. Petersburg in 1912 and died in Helsinki in 1999. He was a Finnish sculptor who, starting from the classical study of the human figure, arrived at his own interpretation of the subject characterized by an expressionistic tension that slightly deforms the figures by elongating and tapering them.

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