The work “Paesaggio” by Ottone Rosai effectively represents one of the most recurring themes in the artist’s production: the lyrical and synthetic reinterpretation of the territory. In fact, Rosai, a central figure of twentieth-century Italian art, developed throughout his career a personal language, distancing himself both from the most radical avant-gardes and from academic naturalism, arriving at an essential and meditated painting.
The composition is structured through a few elements: a road winding in the foreground, a chromatically intense stretch of countryside and, in the background, a barely suggested hilly profile. However, precisely this reduction of elements allows the artist to focus attention on the construction of space and on the balance of masses. Moreover, the tree forms, rendered with synthetic and almost symbolic signs, introduce a visual rhythm that articulates the entire surface.
From a chromatic point of view, Rosai uses compact and calibrated tones, where the contrasts between greens, ochres and blues define a simplified yet intense vision of the landscape. Consequently, reality is not described in detail, but filtered through a sensibility that privileges structure and visual memory.
The artist, trained in Florence and initially close to Futurist experiences, evolved towards a more intimate and solid painting, influenced by the Tuscan tradition. Therefore, also in this work, a search for order and formal stability emerges, translated into suspended and silent images.
“Paesaggio” stands as a significant example of Ottone Rosai’s poetics, where synthesis, rhythm and measure contribute to conveying an interior vision of the territory.
Description: Oil on cardboard, signed lower right O. Rosai, H cm 21×36.
Notes: Bearing on the reverse La Loggia ‘Galleria d’Arte’ stamps and number 11303.
Provenance: Private Collection – Bologna.
Hammer Price: € 5.526,90
Auction 36 – 25 February 2020 – Modern and Contemporary Art
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