Piacentini - Old Paris

The subject falls within the genre scene category, 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. Piacentini, the artist, specialized in the production of lyrical and sentimental genre scenes. His subjects reflect a fascination with the elegant bourgeois world of the Belle Époque.

As we can see from this work, Piacentini has developed a complex pictorial language. He completely dismantles the drawing framework, allowing absolute freedom to the expressive potential of color. Thus, the figures are synthesized through a decidedly synthetic approach, constructed with broad, brief strokes of paint. His technique derives from post-Impressionism, which, in addition to restoring immediacy in execution, imbues the work with intense emotional and poetic vibrations. This painting by Piacentini thus presents itself as a true masterpiece, shaped by the artist's ability to express his most intimate perception of reality through color.

Piacentini, the artist, stands out for his refined pictorial research. His work perfectly reflects the influence of the Belle Époque and bourgeois genre scenes in a post-Impressionist style based on the expressive power of color.

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