Antonio Sgarbossa (1945) - Maschere

A lively scene inspired by the Italian theatrical tradition, depicting two famous masks of the Commedia dell’Arte, probably Harlequin and Brigella, captured in a moment of dialogue inside a Venetian courtyard.
The artist uses a warm and harmonious palette, playing with contrasts of yellows, greens and reds, and constructs the space with balanced perspective and refined luminous rendering. The figures, rich in expressiveness and movement, evoke an atmosphere of elegance and theatricality typical of Italian costume from the eighteenth century.
A work with a classical-modern taste, capable of fusing realism and stylization with notes of melancholic irony.