Piero Pastacaldi - Landscape

Artist Pietro Pastacaldi is an innovative interpreter of a Tuscan school rooted in the Macchiaioli style. Specifically, at the beginning of his career, the painter was part of what is known as the "Gruppo Labronico," a group of painters active since 1920 who revived the Tuscan school's focus on landscapes, enhancing Livorno painting and depicting everyday themes, from simple countryside landscapes to city life. The term "Labronico," a synonym for Livorno, emphasizes the artists' connection to their city. Among these painters are some prominent names such as Gino Romiti, Carlo Romanelli, Cesare Tarrini, Giovanni Zannacchini, Adriano Baracchini Caputi, Beppe Guzzi, and Renato Natali, to name just a few. Piero Pastacaldi had a conversation with the master Renato Natali at the Galleria Pantera in Pisa in 1974. His pictorial approach would change over time, moving towards a material painting that relies entirely on color. Indeed, stylistically, Piero Pastacaldi develops his own creative and innovative language through the evocative power of color. Although the design is based on a solid and well-defined representation, the vivid and brilliant chromaticism creates a profound and emotional atmosphere. The search for a new style of painting occurs precisely when the painter pursues his emotion as a means of communication and expression. The composition is so dense with meaning that it ties in with the artist's fascination with landscape, a principal theme of the Livorno school. Thus, although this innovative exploration of color, with its high pictorial quality, Piero Pastacaldi does not forget the Livorno school, focusing, in tone and design, on landscape composition. Overall, we can see a brushstroke that tends toward realism and a naturalistic visual rendering. Artist Piero Pastacaldi, born in Livorno on June 2, 1945, began painting at a very young age, learning the Tuscan tradition of "macchia." He successfully embraced this style, bringing it to life and making it contemporary. The painter was first seen in 1968 at the "Rotonda di Ardenza" National Contemporary Art Exhibition in Livorno. During the 1970s, Pastacaldi began a pictorial exploration that would lead him to America and Europe. In 1984, during the Expo in Florence, he met the gallery owner David Lester, with whom he would begin a long-lasting collaboration. In 1987, his biography, with illustrations of some of his works, was included in the volume "Pittori Livornesi Secondo Novecento" (Livorno Painters According to the Twentieth Century), edited by the gallery owner Ferdinando Donzelli of Florence. In 1995, he exhibited numerous works at the World Festival Fusion Kawagushi in Tokyo.  

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