Walter Valentini (1928) - purgatorio

Walter Valentini (1928-2022)
Untitled
etching 45x32 cm
Edition 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 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 reflects influences from the early 20th-century Russian avant-gardes (Constructivism) and, marginally, the architectures depicted by de Chirico in the metaphysical period, but it is mainly based 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, which are treatises on perspective and the golden ratio that will guide Valentini's entire exploration of space, forms and their 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 poetry. Shy and distant from schools, trends and art groups, he professes admiration for the works of Paul Klee, Fausto Melotti and Osvaldo Licini; he will cultivate friendships with artists such as Luigi Veronesi, Emilio Scanavino and Hans Richter.

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

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