Pasquale Barberis - Winter in Monferrato

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 sixteenth century; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

The work highlights Pasquale Barberis's post-Impressionist maturity. The composition is entirely constructed through color, and the brushstrokes have a notable structural value. The painter's aim is not to capture the tangible details of the landscape, but to capture its very essence, its substance. To this end, the brushstrokes, rich in texture, intervene, which, despite the essentiality of the representation, break down the space into different planes, recording the vibrations of light and life on the subject. Thus, within a substantially two-dimensional surface, squashed into the foreground, the objects are constructed by the painter with broad, dense brushstrokes. Chromatically, moreover, the entire surface of the work is blended with a unifying palette.

Pasquale Barberis was born in Ottiglio Monferrato (AL) – (1924-2015) and was active primarily in the Monferrato area. His paintings demonstrate a remarkable technique based on a textured application of color and a composition of broad brushstrokes inspired by post-Impressionism.

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