Mino Maccari - The Tie

The work 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 Impressionists, in particular, favored subjects related to modern life in urban, bourgeois settings. In the ironic and disenchanted narrative of society, especially bourgeois and provincial, that characterizes Mino Maccari's artistic production, the genre scene cannot be excluded. Maccari's genre scene is dominated by decontextualization, and the focus is entirely on the characters in a scathing existential analysis.

This subject, too, is treated concisely by artist Mino Maccari, aiming to highlight features that are not only physiognomic but also character-specific, in a sort of caricatured expressionism. The forms are drawn with a broad, coarse, nervous, and squared stroke. The space is completely two-dimensional, and the figures are squashed into the foreground. The artist begins with phenomenal reality, with the physiognomy of the portrayed characters, but then departs from it for a deeper, existential analysis, always conducted by Mino Maccari with a language of irony and harshness. We are therefore faced with a type of interpretation that prioritizes the expressive, almost violent, force of the work over its verisimilitude. From this perspective, the use of color is also consistent: Mino Maccari's typical palette is composed of bright, strident hues, in the finest expressionist tradition, and the painting is distinguished by a very marked gesturality.

Mino Maccari was born in Siena in 1898 and died in Rome in 1989. A prominent figure in Italian culture, he was a writer, painter, and journalist. His artistic career flourished especially after World War II. In 1962, he was appointed president of the Accademia di San Luca, and a solo exhibition of his work was held in New York. Mino Maccari produced a vast body of drawings, prints, and watercolors, consistently characterized by an expressionistic flair for bold design and a vibrant pictorial interpretation.

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