Michele Cascella - Awakening in Portofino

Landscape has always been a central theme in artistic research, both as a setting, as a backdrop, and as a subject itself. The naturalistic depiction of landscape has been a major aspiration for artists of every era. Each historical period has offered its own interpretation of landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction: first with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance; then with atmospheric rendering in the 16th century; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism. In Michele Cascella's works, the subject is always a landscape where flowers and their colors are the protagonists. This type of floral view allows the Abruzzo master to unleash his full chromatic flair in a composition in which an Impressionist stylistic register is taken to its extreme.

Even through this silkscreen, we can see the extraordinary technical prowess of Michele Cascella's painting. In this work, the entire structure is determined by an extremely complex hatching technique that gives shape to objects, creates volumes, and measures space. The result is a composition that, in addition to demonstrating great drawing skill, captures the vibrations of light on objects and their interaction with the atmosphere. However, the defining characteristic of Michela Cascella's works, whether paintings or engravings, is the central role played by color. Indeed, the Ortona-born painter's research has always focused on developing a precious, brilliant, and luminous polychrome. In the specific case of this work, the silver support further enhances the luminosity inherent in Michele Cascella's pictorial style.

Michele Cascella (Ortona 1892-Milan 1989). A painter with a remarkable career, his works are exhibited in important museums both in Italy and abroad. He experimented with numerous techniques, but his greatest achievements were with his floral subjects. Cascella's style of painting is both investigation and a precious lyricism of color. He remains faithful to a naturalistic approach, but his technique is dedicated to capturing all the chromatic and luminous vibrations of the floral world in his paintings.

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