{"product_id":"nudo-di-donna-francesco-colella","title":"NUDE WOMAN - FRANCESCO COLELLA","description":"\u003cp style=\"font-family: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; word-break: break-word; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;\"\u003e There is mourning on the \u003cem style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003eRiviera delle Palme,\u003c\/em\u003e but also throughout the Piceno region and the art world, for the passing of \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003emaestro Francesco Colella\u003c\/span\u003e . Born in San Benedetto 59 years ago, he debuted as a painter in 1999, establishing his national prominence with a series of exhibitions. His last major work is the illustration of the panels that, together with two other artists, comprise the book 'Pinocchi's Journey to the Picene Lands', which will be presented next Saturday at 5:00 PM in the \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eKursaal hall in Grottammare.\u003c\/span\u003e His life, made difficult since he was 30 by an \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eillness\u003c\/span\u003e that had also prevented him from using one arm, had been marked by hospitalizations, sometimes for long and complicated periods, but he always managed to overcome the various crises. This was what his family, friends, and lovers of his art, so full of color and soulful emotion, hoped would happen this time as well. Unfortunately, this was not to be. Francesco Colella \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003epassed away at seven yesterday morning\u003c\/span\u003e in the medical ward of the Madonna di Soccorso hospital in San Benedetto, leaving a great void. Colella didn't consider himself an artist, but a man who painted because he felt the need to, to convey on canvas what was in his soul. \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003eHis works were nostalgic images\u003c\/span\u003e that usually spoke of the hard work of man, particularly scenes of seafaring life, faces marked by the sun and fatigue, flights of free-flying seagulls heading toward infinity, crouching nudes, traveling horses, and slumbering boats. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ThirdAdv_thirdAdv__ISke8 ThirdAdv_thirdAdv--inArticle__7inZN\" style=\"font-family: Inter, system-ui, sans-serif; box-sizing: border-box; width: 662px; overflow: hidden; min-height: auto; margin: 20px 0px; font-size: 18px; letter-spacing: -0.2px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"OB-REACT-WRAPPER\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ob-smartfeed-wrapper feedIdx-0\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"OUTBRAIN\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ilrestodelcarlino.it\/ascoli\/cronaca\/morto-pittore-francesco-colella-ubnhmldz\" data-widget-id=\"AR_2\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"0\" id=\"outbrain_widget_0\" style=\"box-sizing: border-box; border: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ob-widget ob-feed-layout AR_2\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; width: auto; min-width: 0px; margin: 0px; clear: both; padding: 0px 3px;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ob-cards\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"OUTBRAIN\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ilrestodelcarlino.it\/ascoli\/cronaca\/morto-pittore-francesco-colella-ubnhmldz\" data-widget-id=\"FMS_CP_1\" data-card-idx=\"1\" data-feed-father-idx=\"0\" data-ob-mark=\"true\" data-browser=\"chrome\" data-os=\"win32\" data-dynload=\"\" data-idx=\"1001\" id=\"outbrain_widget_1001\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; border: 0px; margin-top: 0px;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ob-widget ob-grid-layout FMS_CP_1 ob-feed-idx-0-11741-81756\" data-dynamic-truncate=\"true\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box;\"\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ob-widget-items-container\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; display: grid; clear: both; grid-template-columns: repeat(1, minmax(min-content, 1fr)); grid-template-rows: repeat(1, auto); margin: 0px; gap: 15px;\"\u003e \u003cdiv class=\"ob-dynamic-rec-container ob-recIdx-0 ob-p\" data-pos=\"0\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; position: relative; padding: 0px; border: none; background-color: initial;\"\u003e\u003ca class=\"ob-dynamic-rec-link \" crossorigin=\"anonymous\" href=\"https:\/\/preventivo.verisure.it\/allarme\/funnel-7-step?vs_source=outbrain-z\u0026amp;camp=outbrain_funnel_gif2_copy2_DE\u0026amp;utm_term=\u0026lt;span%20class='notranslate'\u0026gt;{{publisher_name}}\u0026lt;\/span\u0026gt;_\u0026lt;span%20class='notranslate'\u0026gt;{{section_name}}\u0026lt;\/span\u0026gt;\u0026amp;OutbrainClickId=\u0026lt;span%20class='notranslate'\u0026gt;{{ob_click_id}}\u0026lt;\/span\u0026gt;\u0026amp;obOrigUrl=true\" target=\"_blank\" data-rec-en-did=\"UMXbFgOFMAzGUHTUvKds2g\" data-adv-id=\"84325\" attributionsrc=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; display: flex; -webkit-box-orient: vertical; -webkit-box-direction: normal; flex-direction: column; text-decoration-line: none;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ob-unit ob-rec-clip-container ob-rec-image-container\" data-type=\"Image\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; display: block; -webkit-box-flex: 1; flex: 1 1 auto; position: relative; width: 656px; height: auto;\"\u003e\u003cvideo class=\"ob-rec-video ob-show\" autoplay=\"autoplay\" muted=\"\" playsinline=\"\" poster=\"https:\/\/images.outbrainimg.com\/transform\/v3\/eyJpdSI6IjZjY2QwMGM5OGNhMTI5ZGFkZmMxOWM2OGJhY2JhZDRhMWVlYmQzYjdhNDVhOGIyOTI4NDZhM2VhN2IwOGIxNWYiLCJ3Ijo2MDAsImgiOjQwMCwiZCI6MS4wLCJjcyI6MiwiZiI6NX0.mp4\" ob-data-clip=\"\" ob-data-loops=\"3\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; position: absolute; inset: 0px; width: 656px; max-height: 100%;\"\u003e\u003c\/video\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ob-widget-footer\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; position: relative;\"\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"ob-pixels\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box;\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv class=\"ob-widget-footer\" style=\"box-sizing: content-box; height: 25px;\"\u003e \n\u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\"I like\u003c\/span\u003e to create large works so I have walls to knock down,\" Colella told us in an interview. \"Succeeding in this is part of who I am: I often paint half the canvas, then someone turns it upside down and I paint the other half practically upside down.\" Last February, to celebrate 25 years of activity, he returned to his hometown, at the Palazzina Azzurra in San Benedetto. Colella was not only a painter, but also the author of several books, including 'Dedicato,' a \u003cspan style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: bold;\"\u003ecollection of drawings and poems\u003c\/span\u003e dedicated to the upper town of Grottammare, which he loved so much and which had inspired so many of his works, including the works dedicated to Pinocchio, imagined among the alleys and open spaces of the village. In Grottammare, he founded Spazio Colella, where his works are exhibited, a legacy that will live on over time.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"THE ARTIUM ADVISORY SRLS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56314946388354,"sku":"THEARTFC001","price":1800.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0909\/7065\/3058\/files\/Csc47NFVcv.jpg?v=1770320113","url":"https:\/\/cjfh11-ee.myshopify.com\/en\/products\/nudo-di-donna-francesco-colella","provider":"Venderequadri","version":"1.0","type":"link"}