Walter Valentini (1928) - le misure del cielo

Walter Valentini (1928-2022)
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ekph (etching) 90x62 cm
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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.

He mastered techniques such as etching, aquatint, drypoint, color lithography, and intaglio.

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

Valentini’s geometric imagery 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 it is based above all on the sense of harmony and proportion explored 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 would guide Valentini’s entire exploration of space, form and balance.

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

He taught engraving at the "Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti" in Milan, of which he was also director, from 1983 to 1985.

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