Walter Valentini (1928) - Ulivo

Rare etching and aquatint by Walter Valentini depicting an olive tree.

Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor and engraver, internationally recognized in the field of graphics and engraving.
In Urbino, he is drawn to the charm of art and humanistic culture: he reads the writings of the great Renaissance intellectuals, such as Baldassare Castiglione and Pietro Bembo, studies the architecture of Francesco di Giorgio Martini and Luciano Laurana, and is amazed by the Flagellation by Piero della Francesca, a painting kept at Palazzo Ducale. Here his desire to deepen his knowledge of perspective and the golden ratio is born.