Pietro Cavallero - Landscape

Landscape scenes are part of the painter Pietro Cavallero's repertoire. In this case, the artist depicts a seascape with simplicity and immediacy, using a perspective that includes boats moored on the shore in the foreground, and a city building visible in the distance.

Landscape becomes the protagonist of the canvas's representation, becoming the subject itself. 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; up until the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

Pietro Cavallero's painting style depicts a serene and clear landscape. The lines are well constructed to create good perspective. The surface is luminous. The color, very strong and compact, harmoniously seeks out a chiaroscuro gradation that creates depth. The shapes and volumes of the objects are well balanced, conveying a sense of serenity. The landscape's space has good pictorial proportions, which are depicted with a restraining light.

Pietro Cavallero was a controversial figure. In the late 1960s, he was implicated in a series of crimes, including robberies and kidnappings. After he was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment in Porto Azzurro, art became his means of redemption. His pictorial production, with naive tendencies, also reveals a picturesque flair. In his formal interpretation, we see a clear impressionistic influence in his brushstrokes.

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