Mario Tunolo - Men of the South

Social themes in art began to gain prominence in the mid-19th century, coinciding with the spread of social questions throughout European societies. The work of painters such as Millet and Daumier, for example, favored subjects related to life in the fields, factory work, or strikes. In Italy, among the first painters to engage deeply with social themes were Pellizza da Volpedo and, in the contemporary era, Renato Guttuso.

Like Renato Guttuso, Mario Tunolo is a painter who combines the influences of popular painting with refined contemporary aesthetics. However, unlike the Sicilian master, who leaned toward an expressionist-cubist style, Tunolo seems drawn to metaphysical art. The characters are entirely real, yet they are placed in an alienating context. The style is also in line with the school of De Chirico, with a highly allusive formal language.

Mario Tunolo was born in 1932 in Torre del Greco and trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples. In addition to being a painter, he is also a watercolourist, ceramist, draftsman, printmaker, lithographer, pastelist, and sculptor. His career has been marked by numerous important exhibitions not only in Italy but also abroad: Galleria Broekhovem (Amsterdam, 1975), Barbican Art Centre (London, 1977), Bologna Cultural Centre (Bologna, 1978), Raduno Nazionale (Imperia, 1978), Galleria d'Arte del Centro (Turin, 1980), Terme di Salsomaggiore (Salsomaggiore, 1981), Palazzo dei Congressi (Rome, 1982), Centre International de Paris (Paris, 1982), Palazzo dello Sport (Rome, 1982), Loggia dei Mercanti (Genoa, 1989).

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