Salvatore Fiume - Beyond the Moon

The iconography of this painting certainly has allegorical meanings and can be defined, in some ways, as symbolist precisely because of its allusion to underlying meanings. It is a type of subject that can be traced back to the artistic language of late nineteenth-century painters such as Moreau, Bocklin, or Puvis des Chavannes, who, despite using a substantially figurative language, developed intellectually complex iconographies, full of symbolic and allegorical references.

In this work, Salvatore Fiume's style leans toward a figurative language, although a certain degree of expressionist synthesis is still evident. Indeed, the surface of the work is two-dimensional, and the figures are constructed in an immediate manner without any volumetric connotations. Even the use of color, based on aggressive, almost Fauvist hues, reflects a symbolist-expressionist intent rather than a naturalist one.

Salvatore Fiume, born in 1915 in Comiso, was a painter, sculptor, and architect. His career as a painter focused on a reinterpretation of classicism, particularly Renaissance painting and Piero della Francesca. Later, thanks to his success, he traveled extensively around the world, drawing inspiration from exotic folklore, which he rendered with an expressionist touch.

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