Tabusso Francesco - Untitled - LMER002

The "Still Life" genre emerged in the early 17th century. It consisted of compositions of inanimate subjects, most often flowers or fruit. While initially it was an opportunity for painters to experiment with naturalistic or photographic reproductions of reality, with contemporary art, the "Still Life" also became a way of interpreting reality. Indeed, as happened, for example, in the Cubist avant-garde or in Giorgio Morandi, the in-depth exploration of objects was aimed at a conceptual representation, taken beyond the mere sensory aspect.

The style of the painter Francesco Tabusso always strives for a simplification of sensory information. The artist delves deeply into his subjects to find their essence, which he then translates into his work through line and color. This is clearly evident in this graphic work: how it is precisely the line, black and bold, that determines the form of things in almost elementary forms, yet possessing an undeniable expressive power. Consistent with this same quest for representational essentiality, the color is applied in compact areas. The extraordinary execution of Francesco Tabusso's works, therefore, hinges entirely on the rhythm determined by the movement of the line and the balance of colors. In this regard, this painter's palette always draws on sunny, Mediterranean colors.

Francesco Tabusso was born in Sesto San Giovanni in 1930 and died in Turin in 2012. He studied under Felice Casorati from 1949 to 1954. He won important awards. In 1975, he created the large apse altarpiece "The Canticle of the Creatures" for the church of San Francesco d'Assisi al Fopponino, designed by Giò Ponti; subsequently, for the same church, he created eight large triptychs dedicated to the "Little Flowers" of Saint Francis. He participated several times in the Venice Biennale, the Rome Quadrennial, and numerous national and international exhibitions in Italy, Russia, France, and the USA. The major retrospective exhibition of 2007, organized by the Permanente in Turin, was a great success with the public and critics. He has been a member of the Accademia di San Luca since 1983.

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