Guido Pajetta (1898-1987) - Giovane Tenebroso

An important work by Guido Pajetta, created in 1956 and titled “Dark Youth”.

The work presents an intense male portrait, built through a dense and vibrant pictorial material, with a palette dominated by deep blues, purples and burnt reds. The figure emerges from an introspective and theatrical atmosphere, typical of the artist’s expressive exploration in the 1950s.

Particularly interesting is the dialogue between the face of the young man and the architectural and figurative element in the background, where an anthropomorphic presence is glimpsed, perhaps a female figure synthesized in symbolic form.

This detail introduces a narrative and psychological tension that amplifies the expressive intensity of the work.

An artwork by Guido Paolo Pajetta, a greatly important artist, who entered art history among the great Italian painters of the 20th century.

Pajetta’s painterly gesture, sometimes light and swift, at other times scratching and marked, changes continually. Tormented by his own obsessions, the artist entrusts himself to the image as a sort of disguise or alter ego.

Guido Pajetta knew how to employ many languages according to what his inner analysis objective was.

He was, until the end, an artist driven by impulses that led him to treat motifs, sometimes visionary and sometimes dramatically dramatic, generated by emotions and authentic experiences born from his passions and his anxieties.

Title: Dark Youth
Size: 50 x 60
Year: 1956
Work archived and accompanied by authentication.
Archive code: 2023
Work registered at the Giorgio Pajetta Archive.
Work unframed.
Canvas mounted on a frame.