Proferio Grossi - Still Life

The "Still Life" genre emerged in the early 17th century. It consisted of the depiction of compositions of inanimate subjects, most often flowers or fruit. While in its early history it was an opportunity for painters to experiment with a naturalistic or photographic reproduction of reality, with contemporary art the "Still Life" also became a way of interpreting reality. Indeed, as happened, for example, in the Cubist avant-garde or in Giorgio Morandi, the in-depth exploration of objects was aimed at a conceptual representation, taken beyond the simple sensory element. The research of the artist Proferio Grossi focused on the still life subject, of which he created various versions in his essentially hyperrealist style.

Proferio Grossi's style in his still lifes seems to tend toward hyperrealism. Indeed, one can see the painter's desire to objectively convey to the canvas, with cold lucidity, the sensory data before his eyes. The artist also demonstrates a fine technique, reminiscent of Flemish painting, in the precision with which he reproduces the various materials and the effects of light falling on them. Despite their objective clarity and while avoiding overly accentuated atmospheric effects, Proferio Grossi's technique is such that objects are naturally placed in space, with a continuity and indefiniteness of contours.

Proferio Grossi was an artist born in Vignale in 1923 and died in Parma in 2000. He trained under the guidance of Atanasio Soldati, moving toward geometric abstraction. In 1984, he joined the Movimento Arte Concreta (Concrete Art Movement). Proferio Grossi subsequently changed his career, dedicating himself to figurative art, namely, painting objects, which earned him great critical and public acclaim. This dialectic between abstract and figurative characterizes the entire final period of Grossi's work.

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