L. Dellani Attr. Oil on Wooden Board Italy 1897 - The Devil's Bridge in Val di Lanza 1897

Artist: Lorenzo Delleani (1840-1908)

Born in Pollone Biella in 1840, after an initial orientation towards music, Lorenzo Delleani discovered a passion for painting, which led him to enroll in the Accademia Albertina in Turin. The young artist earned his first critical acclaim with works of historical subjects, rather traditional in their formal structure, characterized by a decidedly academic-romantic general tone, organized according to scenographic cuts. In the meantime Delleani's interests moved towards landscape subjects and tended to leave the academic space. At the end of the sixth decade Delleani, widely inserted in the cultural life of Turin, became more and more interested in verismo intonation themes, flanking his production with in-depth studies "in the field"; in 1873, after a period spent painting around Turin, he also went to Venice, where he returned again in 1876, to assimilate the ways and inflections of painters such as Titian, Veronese, Tintoretto, whose chromatic vibrations and warm luminosities appear with insistence on his mid-1970s production (mainly views, and costume scenes). Space in his activity is acquired by the small tables with easy-going landscapes, built with quick brushstrokes, but, at the same time, the historical themes remain, enriched also by explicitly oriental subjects. Another significant moment was, in 1883, the trip of Delleani to Holland. Fruitful was his production of tablets, but also of larger format canvases. Invited to the 1st Venice Biennale in 1895, he then participated in the event until 1907. Always active in Italian artistic and cultural life, in 1901 Delleani was part of the promoting committee for the international exhibition of modern decorative art which was held in Turin in 1902, which also included Leonardo Bistolfi, his sincere friend and later considered the expert on his painting. Delleani died in Turin in 1908.

Age: 19th Century / 1801 - 1900

19th Century / 1801 - 1900

Subject: Landscape

Artistic technique: Painting

La pittura è l'arte che consiste nell'applicare dei pigmenti a un supporto come la carta, la tela, la seta, la ceramica, il legno, il vetro o un muro. Essendo i pigmenti essenzialmente solidi, è necessario utilizzare un legante, che li porti a uno stadio liquido, più fluido o più denso, e un collante, che permetta l'adesione duratura al supporto. Chi dipinge è detto pittore o pittrice. Il risultato è un'immagine che, a seconda delle intenzioni dell'autore, esprime la sua percezione del mondo o una libera associazione di forme o un qualsiasi altro significato, a seconda della sua creatività, del suo gusto estetico e di quello della società di cui fa parte.

Technical specification: Oil on Board