Carlo Domenici - Return from the Market

The painting can be defined as a genre scene, that is, the depiction of an episode of everyday life that, apparently, lacks any significant element. These types of domestic subjects were long considered minor and only began to spread in Western art starting in the 17th century. Only with the development of 19th-century realism did everyday subjects become considered as important as historical or religious ones.

Carlo Domenici is a prominent representative of the Labronica School, and his pictorial language is therefore distinguished by the prevalence of color over line and a synthetic style of application that represents a reinterpretation of the Tuscan Macchiaioli tradition. In this work, we can appreciate how the use of light, always through the tonal values ​​of color, is highly dramatic. As in the works of the Macchiaioli, the light fills the entire scene, clear and crisp, while in the distance a more threatening sky looms, with heavy rain clouds.

Carlo Domenici was born in Livorno in 1897 and passed away in Portoferraio in 1981. He began his career with numerous small panels painted with macchia (macchia). In 1924, he participated in important exhibitions in Milan and then at the Rome Quadrennial. In 1926, he was present at the South American Exhibition and the Venice Biennale. Abroad, he exhibited his works in Tokyo and Manila. He frequently visited the island of Elba, where he found inspiration for his landscapes.

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