Luciano Coppola (XX) - Cristo

Oil on canvas and mixed media, 50x40 cm, from 1983, signed and authenticated on the back of the canvas. The certificate of authenticity will be attached to the painting.

Luciano Coppola is an Italian painter whose artistic activity stood out, particularly starting in the 1980s, for a pictorial language of expressionist and materialist imprint. Working mainly in the Roman context, Coppola developed a personal style characterized by a dense and vibrant brushwork, often applied with a spatula to give the canvas a three-dimensional quality.

Style and Poetics
Coppola’s painting falls within that strand of contemporary figurative art that favors emotion and gesture over didactic realism. His works are characterized by:

Material Research: The artist uses pigment as a structural element, creating rough surfaces that interact with ambient light.
Form Synthesis: The subjects, whether landscapes or sacred figures, are distilled through decisive brushstrokes and sharp color contrasts, typical of a modern, introspective sensibility.
Sacred Theme: A significant portion of his production is dedicated to Christian iconography, interpreted with a strong dramatic and spiritual sense, where the use of color (such as deep reds and luminous yellows) serves to emphasize the pathos of the scene.

Notes on the Market and Collecting
Luciano Coppola’s works are present in several private Italian collections. His early-80s production, such as the works carried out in Rome in 1983, is particularly valued by collectors for the freshness of the gesture and the solidity of the compositional framework. The artist’s habit of authenticating his works on the back with handwritten dedications and place and date indications gives his pieces added value in terms of traceability and historical guarantee.