Silvestro Pistolesi - Glimpse of the Woods

Landscape has always been a central theme in artistic research, both as a setting, as a backdrop, and as a subject itself. The naturalistic depiction of landscape has been a major aspiration for artists of every era. Each historical period has offered its own interpretation of landscape, contributing to the evolution of its depiction: first with an exploration of space, through Brunelleschi's perspective in the early Renaissance; then with atmospheric rendering in the sixteenth century; and finally with the depiction of every single vibration of light on objects in Impressionism.

Compared to the formal perfection of much of his landscape work, in this tempera, Silvestro Pistolesi displays a post-Impressionist maturity. The composition is entirely compressed into the foreground, without any allowance for spatial depth. The painter's aim is not to capture the sensory aspect of the subject, but to capture its very essence, its substance. To this end, the brushstroke, rich in texture, intervenes, fleshing out the objects, breaking them down into different planes, recording the vibrations of light and life within them. The sensory aspect, therefore, is completely transcended in a complex conception of pictorial practice in which the artist's gestures themselves play a fundamental role. Chromatically, the entire surface of the work is blended with a balanced palette of references and correspondences, with a preference for earthy colors and subdued tones.

Silvestro Pistolesi was a Florentine painter born in 1943 and passed away in 2022. He trained in Pietro Annigoni's studio, where he remained for ten years, mastering the techniques of the Renaissance tradition that made the great master famous: the use of tempera and glazes. His first solo exhibition was in London in 1972, followed by several shows not only in Italy but also abroad. In 1967 and 1974, he created his first frescoes, "The Supper at Emmaus" and "The Old Woman," in the church of San Michele Arcangelo in Ponte Buggianese, followed by his more famous works in the Abbey of Montecassino in May 1993.

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