Alessandro Biffignandi - Dancer

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

This work bears the unmistakable hallmark of illustrator Alessandro Biffignandi. Even with watercolor, and not just graphics and drawing, he manages to express his exquisite technique in a flawless naturalistic rendering. So perfect as to be completely objective. The figure is sharp in its contours and in the clear interplay of light and shadow that determines its plastic qualities. This objectivity, which does not yield to any pictorialism, is the legacy of an illustrator with impeccable technique.

Alessandro Biffignandi was born in Rome in 1935 and trained in the studios of Averardo Ciriello, the Nistri brothers, and Augusto Favalli. His career took off in the 1950s when he became a renowned illustrator, creating covers for numerous Italian and international comics in a wide variety of genres, from westerns to crime fiction, from erotica to horror. His most famous titles include Nevada, Hondo, Kiwi, Yuma, Rodeo, The Spider, and Zora the Vampire.

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