Roberto Altmann - Untitled

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic movements. However, when an artist's goal is to depict an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is also charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. Symbolism and Expressionism are emblematic stylistic movements in their conceptual interpretation of reality, with an iconic rendering of images and a symbolic interpretation in the use of color. In Roberto Altmann's paintings, abstract and figurative blend almost seamlessly: everything is transfigured into an extremely experimental language, always striving for strong expressiveness.

As we can see from this work, Roberto Altmann's starting point is tangible reality, leaving a clearly visible trace in the work. In this case, a head, inspired by Pietro Annigoni's sanguine. This allows Altmann to construct a dynamic space. Altmann's experimental approach, however, is expressed primarily formally; indeed, his language embodies several aesthetic influences of contemporary art. First and foremost, the expressionist synthesis of his subjects, reduced to the essential by a fluid line that simplifies their forms with a frenetic rhythm. In terms of color, the artist draws on an almost exaggerated gesturality, dictated by his irrepressible creativity. Chromatically, in this case, the artist emphasizes the intense red of the sanguine.

Roberto Altmann attended the Chiavari Art Institute in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he devoted himself to fresco painting with the rigors of his craft and a desire to explore the classics of the 15th, 16th, and 17th centuries. This exposed him to all the 20th-century research—abstraction, Informalism, and Abstract Expressionism—that would leave a mark on his later work. His works have been exhibited in solo exhibitions in South Korea at the Asia Museum in Daejon, in Genoa at the Sant'Agostino Museum, in Miami at the Nina Torres Gallery, in Milan at the Villa Bagatti Valsecchi Museum, and in Cesano Maderno at the Villa Borrimeo Museum. Roberto Altmann represents the Renaissance Expressionist movement, as critic Marteen Beck of the art monthly Kunst Beld wrote in the 1990s.

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