Nando Chiappa - People by the Sea

In the history of art, a clear distinction can often be made between figurative and abstract stylistic movements. However, when an artist's goal is to represent an object that resonates with phenomenal reality but is also charged with hidden and symbolic meaning, this boundary can become blurred. Symbolism and Expressionism are emblematic stylistic movements in their conceptual interpretation of reality, with an iconic rendering of images and a symbolic interpretation in the use of color.

As we can see from this painting, Nando Chiappa employs a process of reduction of phenomenal reality in order to achieve a perfect formal balance. Thus, the entire painting becomes a delicate interplay of color juxtapositions and balanced tones. To achieve this, Chiappa forces nature into an expressive medium and simplifies it, emphasizing its purely aesthetic values. Thus, the space becomes two-dimensional, allowing the artist to break it down into three overlapping bands of color. Figures with generic features, depersonalized, move across the ground, their role being solely to bring chromatic value to the scene created by the artist. Among the characters is the altar boy, a frequent recurrence in Chiappa's works.

Nando Chiappa was a painter originally from Cinisello Balsamo, born in 1934 and passed away in 2017. His painting career began in the 1970s, when he began his self-taught career, frequenting the masters Leonardo Spreafico and Osvaldo Pivetta. He later gained great popularity, exhibiting his works in numerous solo and group exhibitions both in Italy and abroad. He received the Ambrogino d'Oro from the City of Milan, was named a Knight of the Italian Republic, and in 2007 was awarded the Spiga d'Oro civic honor for his strong connection to Cinisello Balsamo. Among his favorite subjects was the Balsamo countryside, so much so that he was nicknamed the "painter of the fields," but was also known as the "painter of altar boys."

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