Sollazzi Lucio - 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 Brancaccio's city views, as in the present work, the everyday aspect prevails, the frank and sincere realism of everyday life in a city setting.

Lucio Sollazzi's style presents a perfect fusion of realism and a delicate, impressionistic rendering of sensory details. 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 allows him to convey a sense of immediacy to the canvas, thanks to rapid brushstrokes charged with atmospheric vibrations. Light thus reflects on objects, but 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.

Lucio Sollazzi was a painter originally from Pavia, born in 1925 and passed away in 2020. His research focused on urban views, particularly of his hometown but also beyond. Lucio Sollazzi's works are distinguished by their marked realism, achieved primarily through his masterful use of light. In 1973, Sollazzi, with thirty works, entered the Nathan Cummings Collection in New York. His works are present in private collections worldwide.

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