Valan - Thunderstorm

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.

Valan's style, in his extensive pictorial output of landscapes, still lifes, and female figures, is distinguished by a perfect blend of naturalistic figuration and an expressionistic rendering of the subject. Indeed, he consistently begins with perceptible reality, which he firmly anchors with a pictorial language that aims to imitate reality. Yet his interpretation is characterized by a strong contemporary sensibility that leads him to seek a more pronounced pictorial synthesis. This occurs primarily through the application of color, which, with a highly accentuated pictorialism, allows the artist to detect profound vibrations in the subject, not only of light but also of existence.

Valan (Valentini Antonio) was born in 1934 in Calvi dell'Umbria, Terni. The artist has participated in numerous exhibitions both in Italy and abroad. He has held shows in cities such as Amsterdam, Paris, New York, Beijing, and in countries such as Syria, Turkey, Greece, France, Belgium, the United States, Australia, and New Zealand. In 1996, a stamp featuring one of his works was issued in Switzerland.

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