Dino Boschi (1923-2015) - Ritratto Maschile

AUTHOR

Dino Boschi (1923-2015) Italian painter. Born in Bologna, he took his first steps in the art world, dedicating with passion during his youth to the study of portraiture and landscape, genres that allowed him to refine a chromatic sensibility and a singular Neo-Impressionist poetics. In this initial phase, his painting still bore the influences of the Emilian tradition and the 'new naturalism,' translating the surrounding reality into lyrical visions where the human figure and the territory were examined with a psychological depth that already foreshadowed his maturity. This figurative apprenticeship, rooted in the real, formed the solid base on which Boschi would later graft his personal poetics of modernity, enabling him to evolve toward those dense textures and suspended atmospheres, typical of his famous cycles on stadiums and beaches, which would make him renowned."} | } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } } }

The prestige of his work is evidenced by a constant presence in the most important international exhibition venues, starting with his participation in the Venice Biennale (notably in 1956, 1958 and 1964) and in the numerous editions of the Rome Quadriennale, which consecrated him among the great masters of the late twentieth century. His career has been marked by important solo exhibitions in galleries of absolute prominence, such as the historic gallery "Il Milione" in Milan, and by exhibitions that brought his works to Paris, London, and New York. In 2000, his Bologna paid him tribute with a monumental retrospective at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna, a definitive homage to an artist who has managed to express the collective loneliness of our times.

Description

"Male Portrait, Man in a Chair", oil on panel, 38*29cm with frame, 30*21cm the panel alone, datable to the late 1940s and the early 1950s, signed in the upper right.

The painting portrays a man seen in profile, seated in a composed pose of waiting on a wooden chair that serves as the structural pivot for the whole image. The subject, with a face marked by decisive and thoughtful features, rests his arms on the backrest, creating a closing line that concentrates attention on the physiognomy and on the man’s face. The subject wears a dark, heavy-cut jacket, which gives the figure a sense of solidity and almost sculptural heft, while the neutral, luminous background enhances his contours.

From a compositional standpoint, the painting is built on a series of diagonals that give dynamism to a scene that would otherwise be static, guiding the observer's eye from the warmth of the chair's wood to the concentrated expression on the face. The technique is characterized by dense, tactile brushwork, typical of a Neo-Impressionist approach where color is not merely laid on but sculpted onto the canvas. The chromatic play hinges on a deft contrast between the brown, warm tones of the lower part and the cool, almost purplish tones of the garments, before guiding the observer's gaze to the saturated pinks of the flesh.

This work fits perfectly within the period of Dino Boschi's first maturity, when his artistic research was still deeply anchored in a naturalism seen and developed in a neo-impressionist key. In these years, while maintaining a strong connection with reality and the figurative data, Boschi begins to experiment with that expressive freedom in brushwork that will lead him to his future masterpieces. The painting testifies to the moment in which the artist's attention to landscape and portrait blends with a modern sensibility, where the everyday subject is nobled by a vibrant and engaged painting. A painting of fine painterly quality and a powerful emotional note.

Condition Report

Overall condition is good. The artwork is intact in every part with vivid, well-rendered color and brushwork. The frame is included at no charge.

Tracked and insured shipment with adequate packaging.