Michele Spatuzzi - Untitled

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.

Michele Spatuzzi's pictorial language is based on a highly cursive interpretation of phenomenal reality. The representation relies exclusively on color, with a lively, darting line that delineates the subjects, imbuing them with vibrations that are luminous yet existential. With this technique, Spatuzzi manages to create a very ethereal and light painting, in which the subject almost dissolves into the light and atmosphere, leaving room for the painter's agitated gestures, through which Spatuzzi transfigures his most intimate perception of reality. The black, calligraphic line that moves in arabesques across the surface of the work is highly distinctive, as is the palette, which leans toward shades of gray. All these characteristics indicate Michele Spatuzzi's certain inspiration from De Pisis.

Michele Spatuzzi was born in Avellino in 1922 and died in Naples in 2009. He achieved some fame during the 1970s. In 1972, he exhibited at the Champs-Élysées in Paris. He won first prize at the La Spezia Art Biennale and at the Accademia Italia.

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