Walter Valentini (1928) - purgatorio

Walter Valentini (1928-2022)
Untitled
etching 45x32 cm
Esemplare f. c
printer Sardella Milan
Moulin De Larroque paper
Signed
work published in the catalog of Walter Valentini's graphics

Walter Valentini (Pergola, October 22, 1928 – Milan, May 20, 2022) was an Italian painter, sculptor and printmaker, internationally recognized in the field of graphics and etching.

He was a master of techniques such as etching, aquatint, mezzotint, color lithography, and copperplate engraving.

As an artist he established himself in the eighties with a series of abstract works on board and paper, all characterized by a precise sense of geometry, proportions and rhythm.

Valentini's geometric imagination bears the influence of the Russian avant-gardes of the 20th century (Constructivism) and, marginally, the architectures painted by de Chirico in the metaphysical period, but is mainly founded on the sense of harmony and proportion studied by Italian artists of the Quattrocento: De pictura, De re aedificatoria, De statua by Leon Battista Alberti, De prospettiva pingendi by Piero della Francesca and De divina proportione by Luca Pacioli are treatises on perspective and the golden ratio that will guide Valentini's entire exploration of space, forms and their balance.

Astronomy and cosmography were also important sources of inspiration for Valentini. His approach to architecture and celestial mechanics is mathematical and rigorous, yet not devoid of his own poetry. Shy and distant from schools, movements and artistic groups, he expressed his admiration for the works of Paul Klee, Fausto Melotti and Osvaldo Licini; he cultivated friendships with artists such as Luigi Veronesi, Emilio Scanavino and Hans Richter.

He taught the art of printmaking at the 'Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti' in Milan, of which he was also director, from 1983 to 1985

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