Antonio Mignozzi, Figure, Fresco on Canvas, 1970s, Framed

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“Figura” is an original work by Antonio Mignozzi, executed on sackcloth prepared using the fresco technique, reinterpreted in a modern … Read more “Figura” is an original work by Antonio Mignozzi, executed on sackcloth prepared using the fresco technique, reinterpreted in a modern key. The textured and expressive painting features a stylized frontal figure, essential hatching, and a rendering that allows the texture and texture of the support to shine through—elements typical of Mignozzi's poetics, which converge in a painting suspended between memory and metaphysics. The figure, with a sober face and contemplative gaze, emerges against a neutral, slightly textured background, embellished with a tasteful contemporary frame. The work measures 50 × 35 cm (canvas) and 78 × 62 cm (with frame). Signed on the back, confirming its authenticity. Condition: Signs of age consistent with the technique and material, with no obvious damage. This canvas dates back to the artist's mature phase—the 1970s and 1980s—when his research focused on the essentiality of the sign and evocative materiality. An ideal piece for collectors of Italian paintings from the second half of the 20th century or for contemporary interiors that favor a refined and meditative aesthetic. Antonio Mignozzi was born in 1942 in Trebisacce (CS), studied at the Brera Academy in Milan, and has lived and worked in Verbania since 1973. His painting practice investigates visual memory, matter, and the suspension of time between figuration and abstraction. His works have been presented in numerous solo exhibitions in Milan, Brescia, Locarno, and Verbania, and are listed in specialized auction catalogues. The artist's current market highlights modest figures, making this work an interesting opportunity for discerning collectors or contemporary design environments. Mignozzi uses a distinctive technique—often described as "fresco-like"—in which he mixes earths, glues, and natural pigments, some of which are sourced directly from his native region. His surfaces appear like ancient plaster, detached fragments, evoking cave paintings all the way to early Christian art and twentieth-century Italian art: a language that explores matter, the archaeology of the sign, and formal essentiality. Stylistically, the works feature slightly abstract, frontal figures, with a quiet yet intense expressive force. See less