Giuseppe Migneco - Sicilian Countryside

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.

Giuseppe Migneco's style, in line with the artistic program developed by the "Corrente" group, is inspired by an expressionist language. Migneco's synthesis is achieved through a very thick line that outlines the figures and charges them even when the human figure is not present, as in this engraving. The color has a very material, almost earthy consistency, which suggests a closeness, not only formal but also spiritual, to Van Gogh. The extreme simplification of design, form, and space represents, on the part of this painter, a conscious choice to bring the representation of reality back to primary values ​​of authenticity, such as those linked to the land and the rural or maritime world.

Giuseppe Migneco, born in Messina in 1903, died in Milan in 1997. In 1937, he was among the founders of the artistic group "Corrente," which brought together several artists united by the common goal of rejecting fascist conformism and opening up to European horizons. The aim was to propose an art with human, moral, and civil content. The entire group oriented itself toward a predominantly expressionist style.

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