Giuseppe Montalbano (1940-2013) - Ulivo

Giuseppe Montalbano (1940-2013) born in Tripoli on December 19, 1940, the youngest of 7 children.
He graduated from the Istituto D’Arte of Palermo and had immediately begun teaching there in Sciacca, together with many illustrious artists who at the time formed a notable professional alliance (Nucci, Fisco, Navarra, Stassi, Nacci, Bruno, Fisco, Cascio).
In Montalbano’s private life, a figure burst into that period that would change his life: Lia Termine, the woman who would be his muse, his strength, his driving force toward a career that would see him as a protagonist, from the 60s to the 2000s on the artistic scene with solo and collective exhibitions.
Montalbano’s painting is unmistakable. It embodies the soul of Sicily with the colors of the sea, sky, flowers, fruit, with the plains and the hills, favoring a scenographic layout in which the hedge, the fences, the wooden shelves, the shells, the spheres or half-spheres, the ethereal drapes of voile laid almost at random, speak of spirituality. The natural elements are an observer’s view of this artist on the disillusionment of the world, but also the reassuring cradle of the values of his home, his land, his culture.
The work for auction is an oil on canvas, dimensions: 24 cm by 30 cm and depicts an olive tree, the late afternoon light immerses the viewer in warm tones that unfold in the different stratifications given by vigorous and fleeting brushstrokes.
Simplicity and the stylistic layout recall the landscapes and still lifes of Van Gogh.
The painting is enhanced by a splendid solid wood frame lacquered in the style of the 1980s.
Signature present at the bottom right.
In perfect condition with no damage.
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