Orfeo Tamburi - Woman's Face

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 female figure is an 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 female figure has also been a central figure in the new aesthetic concepts brought about by the historical avant-garde, such as Cubism, Expressionism, and Surrealism.

In this silkscreen, Orfeo Tamburi temporarily abandons his favorite subject, the urban landscape, to devote himself to another dear theme: the female figure. The language, however, remains the Jesi-born artist's distinctive style, recognizable in his brushstrokes, simultaneously coarse and refined, in pursuit of an original expressionist register. A thick black line shapes the mass of hair and delineates the essential, highly expressive features of the face. The rest of the body is depicted with washes of color that create opaque shadows. In this type of representation, Tamburi sheds the geometric schematism that characterizes his famous urban views, giving way to a more gestural and instinctive execution. The essentiality of the overall effect is accentuated by the subtle use of color, in which the void of white predominates, contrasting with the mass of black hair.

Orfeo Tamburi was a painter born in Jesi in 1910 and died in Paris in 1994. He trained in the French capital and participated in the Venice Biennale and the Rome Quadrennial. The undisputed protagonist of his work is the urban landscape, which he interprets with a textured brushstroke that gives consistency to objects, making his compositions a play of interlocking planes and volumes in perspective.

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