Rodolfo Marma - Via Toscanella

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and Modern Ages, but predominantly in an idealized manner. Scenes of city life became typical themes with a more realistic interpretation starting in the 19th century. It's worth remembering how, immediately following the realist movements of the 19th century, the Impressionists also placed great emphasis on the everyday, on everyday life, with a certain predilection, however, for the frenetic pace of the city, its crowds, traffic, and typically bourgeois settings. This type of subject is typical of the painter Rodolfo Marma, who devoted most of his work to charming scenes, often set in Florentine landscapes, which also featured nuns and children.

The painting is a typical work by the painter Rodolfo Marma, who stands out for his essential, simplified figurative style, which highlights his personality as a refined and elegant illustrator. Rodolfo Marma's works dedicated to Florentine views have the verve of an illustration, as the composition possesses a lively and ironic character. The colors, always bright and full of light, also maintain this overall vivacity. Furthermore, Marma adds the pictorial quality typical of an easel work, which can be appreciated in the expressiveness of the brushstrokes, simultaneously precise and concise.

Rodolfo Marmaioli “Marma” (Florence 1923 – 1998) was an Italian painter and illustrator. He attended the Academy of Fine Arts in his hometown, under the guidance of Ugo Capocchini, graduating in 1948. At the same time, he frequented the studio of Emanuele Cavalli. From 1956 to 1958, he lived and worked in New York, where, in 1965, “Marma's Day” was dedicated to him. Between 1967 and 1972, he concentrated on exhibiting in Florence. Marma was also a reader and book illustrator. His works are held in public and private collections in Europe and the United States, including the White House in Washington and the San Antonio Museum in Texas. In Florence, his paintings are exhibited at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Palazzo Pitti and at the Museo del Complesso delle Oblate.

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