Delicate Sensitivity 1991 28x39

Year1991

Hand SignedLower Right in Acrylic 

Condition Excellent 

Not Framed 

Purchased fromOther 1997 

Story / Additional InfoWonderful landscape of the Imola hills with a road that goes towards the mountains that are lost . In the foreground there is a road sign.The Italian art critic Giorgio Ruggeri, writes: "Tonino's painting is it in his blood. There are those who are gripped by anguish in front of the blank sheet or canvas, for him it seems like a wedding. Signs and colours unravel easily, the chords and tones arise spontaneously, the composition is being implemented with perfect balance. All in appearance. In reality, it's a tough race for him too. His "ease" is the result of a subtle and meditated artistic education which has been suffered for a long time. The artist clearly has the task ahead of himself: having to project the living image of his imagination onto the plane of the painting. He knows that this is the goal he will try to approach, even though he knows he can never reach it, but here is the spur, the exciting attraction of his actions, and for many artists, the tragedy of their destiny." 

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Tonino Gottarelli - Italy

Art Brokerage: Tonino Gottarelli Italian Artist: b. 1920-2007. Tonino Gottarelli was born in 1920 in a little street in the centre of Imola, which was to have a strong influence on his way of life. He started to teach history and geography at a middle school, until his interests moved into the field of child psychology and he became an elementary school teacher in the outlying areas of the Imola district. He wrote and painted continually. His first solo exhibition of paintings was held in Faenza in 1960. This was followed in 1966 by a more mature exhibition in Paris, which led to an invitation to the "Salone di Maggio". His love of nature prompted him to move around continuously, from one house to another, until he finally settled in the Pediano area of Imola, where he stayed for almost 15 years, in a very isolated house where he attempted to breed horses. He then started to write a collection of philosophical/love letters, in the form of a diary, which he published much later, at the end of 1981, with the title "Lettere Inutili". His philosophy and poetry acquired a new depth, and his passions achieved an echo of an existential dimension, the profound, continual tension of his state of mind, in this prose. This was the year that Gottarelli moved from the country into the city, to Via Spaventa. However, his thoughts and poetry were not disturbed, but acquired an inner strength that differed from his impressionistic works. Continuing his artistic ambivalence with the same fervor, he achieved equally important results and one could say that his poetry is "talking paintings" and his paintings "silent poetry". Tonino Gottarelli died February 20, 2007. Original painting wanted.