Sergio Manfredi - Untitled

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, 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. In Sergio Manfredi's city views, however, the everyday aspect prevails, the frank and sincere realism of everyday life in a city setting.

Sergio Manfredi's style presents a perfect fusion of realism and a delicate, impressionistic rendering of sensory details achieved through watercolor. On the one hand, the artist precisely describes the view in all its details, with a strong sense of urban reality and the everyday life of simple life. On the other, his refined painting technique and diluted color allow him to convey a sense of immediacy to the panel, thanks to rapid brushstrokes charged with atmospheric vibrations. Light thus reverberates across objects, yet without interfering with the precise depiction of reality. The entire view is thus characterized by a clear luminosity that is revealed, by contrast, in the play of shadows. The use of a palette of soft, delicate colors also serves this purpose.

Sergio Manfredi was born in Turin in 1932. At a very young age, he began studying under his first teacher, Piero Ferraris. Later, he studied with Carlo Musso, who completed his artistic training. Meanwhile, he attended the studios of Alessandro Lupo, Cesare Maggi, and Adolfo Rolla. He attended nude painting courses at the Accademia Albertina in Turin and began exhibiting in 1954 at the Promotrice delle Belle Arti in Turin, then at the Quadriennale in 1955. In 1975, he was awarded the Follini Prize, and in 1980, the Turbil Prize from the Circolo Artisti di Torino, of which he has been a longtime member. Since 2007, he has frequently stayed in Marrakech, Morocco. Since 1966, he has exhibited in numerous art galleries in Turin, Milan, Cremona, Florence, Asti, Cuneo, Alassio, Bergamo, and Verona.

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