Nicolò D'Elia - Romanesque Arch

The urban landscape was already a popular subject in the Middle Ages and the Modern Age, but predominantly in an idealized manner. Scenes of city life became typical themes with a more realistic interpretation starting in the 19th century. It's worth remembering how, immediately following the realist movements of the 19th century, the Impressionists also placed great emphasis on the everyday, on everyday life, with a certain predilection, however, for the frenetic pace of the city, its crowds, traffic, and typically bourgeois settings. In Nicolò D'Elia's city views, as in the present work, the everyday aspect prevails, the frank and sincere realism of everyday life in a city setting.

The style of artist Nicolò D'Elia presents a perfect fusion of realism and a delicate impressionistic rendering of sensory details. On the one hand, the artist precisely describes the perspective view, in all its details, with a strong sense of urban reality and the everyday life of simple life. On the other, his refined painting technique allows him to convey a sense of immediacy to the canvas, thanks to rapid brushstrokes charged with atmospheric vibrations. Light thus reverberates on objects, but without interfering with the precise description of reality. The entire view is thus characterized by a clear luminosity that is revealed, by contrast, in the play of shadows. The use of a palette of soft and delicate colors also serves this purpose.

Nicolò D'Elia was an artist originally from Molfetta, born in 1942 and passed away in 2014. D'Elia attended the Institute for Art and Restoration in Florence. His artistic life was characterized by a pictorial style rooted in the study of masterpieces by the masters of Italian art from the Renaissance to Neoclassicism. His love for his homeland, its landscapes, its colors, but also its stories and traditions, was always his source of inspiration. For his artistic merits, Nicolò d'Elia was knighted by the President of the Republic. Among the most significant works in Molfetta are the "Crucifix" in the Basilica of the Madonna dei Martiri and a bronze bust of Don Tonino Bello. In the final years of his career, Nicolò d'Elia, who had continued to exhibit in numerous group shows and held several solo exhibitions, worked from his workshop on Via Sergio Pansini, a place that had transformed into a true center of culture and fine art.

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