Francesco Galante, The Young Mother, Neapolitan School, Early 20th Century, Oil on Canvas

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Francesco galante (1884-1972), "the young mother," oil on canvas, signed lower left, f. Galante. Neapolitan school, early 20th century.
this … Read more Francesco galante (1884-1972), "the young mother," oil on canvas, signed lower left, f. Galante. Neapolitan school, early 20th century.
this painting belongs to galante's finest period, recognizable by the frayed brushstrokes that construct the figures, shrouded in a shadow interrupted here and there by imperceptible vibrations of light. A tireless artist, tormented by a spirit of exploration and imbued with a noble fervor, he conceived his art with a healthy modernity of intent, constantly striving for beauty, innovation, and boldness. His clear, refined, and harmonious painting possesses qualities of elegance that are rare today, combined with a beautiful directness of drawing, eschewing all artifice and gimmickry.

frame dimensions: 62 x 53 cm, canvas: 50 x 39 cm

biography born in margherita di savoia, in the province of foggia, on november 4, 1884, he quickly moved to naples, where he attended the institute of fine arts in 1896. A student of m. Cammarano and v. Volpe, he completed his studies in 1904, receiving first prize for figure painting and landscape. As a student, he collaborated as an illustrator for several neapolitan newspapers. In his painting, which began parallel to his graphic work, galante became part of a european figurative discourse starting in the 1910s, as evidenced by his frayed brushstrokes, inspired by impressionism. However, this tendency soon coexisted with a marked predilection for an intimacy of atmospheres, themes and decorative ideas as in the tempera l'attente (c. 1912: naples, private collection) or in the 1914 attrazione (ibid., circolo artistico politecnico), for which nabi's suggestions have been cited (ricci, 1981, p. 84). G.'s culture, in this period, does not differ from that of many artists of his generation, variously oriented towards modernist currents in search of greater autonomy from the traditional environment. Already present in 1904 at the exhibitions of the promoter salvator rosa in naples (where he would continue to exhibit until the 1940s), in 1909 he joined the "secessione dei ventitré", a group which, from its very name, intended to recall the movements of munich (1892) and vienna (1905), within which thirty young neapolitan painters, sculptors and graphic artists gathered, including e. Curcio, e. Pansini, g. Ricchizzi, r. Scognamiglio and e. Viti. In 1909 he participated in the salon d'automne in paris and in the lxxix roman exhibition of the society of amateurs and cultivators of fine arts, where he exhibited marechiaro e studio (rome, galleria nazionale d'arte moderna); in 1910 he made his debut at the venice biennale, an exhibition which he would exhibit until the thirteenth edition (1922). Around the 1930s, the artist's prestige was evident, as evidenced by his membership in the national commission for the protection of monuments, landscape, and building aesthetics (until 1929), his professorship in engraving technique at the academy of fine arts in naples (1930–1932), and his memberships in the academy of letters and archaeology in lecce and the national society of sciences, letters, and arts in naples. In the postwar period, the artist moved beyond the polished forms of his immediately preceding work. In his paintings from the 1950s (such as evening at santa lucia, purple jacket, puglia, and roofs, works reproduced in limoncelli, 1965), despite a different, sometimes redundant, use of color, he returned to the multiple brushstroke technique of his youth, unanimously considered the most interesting (menna, 1965; ricci, 1981, p. 84; salvatori, 1992, p. 901). Galante died in naples on march 15, 1972. This piece has an attribution mark,
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