Walter Valentini (1928) - senza titolo

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 engraving.

He was a master of techniques such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, multi‑color lithography, and intaglio.

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

Valentini's geometric imagination bore influences from the Russian avant-gardes of the twentieth century (Constructivism) and, marginally, from the architectures depicted by de Chirico in the metaphysical period, but it was founded mainly 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 prospectiva pingendi by Piero della Francesca and De divina proportione by Luca Pacioli are treatises on perspective and the golden ratio that guided 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 a certain poetry. Reserved and distant from schools, movements and groups, he expressed 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" of Milan, of which he was also director, from 1983 to 1985.

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