Walter Piacesi (1929-2022) - Parete dello studio e varie cose appese

Walter Piacesi (Ascoli Piceno, 1929-Fermignano, 2022), Wall with study background and various items hanging, oil on panel 70x50 cm (95x75.5 including frame), signed bottom right, on the back double signature, title, dimensions. Provenance: Studio of the Master Walter Piacesi. Exhibitions: Focus '900 Italiano, Piero Della Francesca Gallery of Art, Arezzo, September 17 – October 9, 2022. Bibliography: Focus '900 Italiano, Catalog of the exhibition held at the Piero Della Francesca Gallery of Arezzo, September 17 – October 9, 2022, Edizioni Galleria d'Arte Piero Della Francesca. Documentation: 1) Certificate of authenticity from the Piero della Francesca Gallery of Art; 2) Printed copy of the catalog in which the work is published. Condition: excellent, no damage, no signs of restoration, patina with slight signs of aging. Ornate wooden frame. The frame has recently undergone a conservation treatment and there is a faint odor that will disappear within a few days. It is reported for completeness of information even though it is not a defect. Inventory code: G354. Our Gallery has collaborated directly with Walter Piacesi from 1969 to 2022, organizing various solo and collective exhibitions, and publishing his graphic works. Stunning work, an extremely rare format. Piacesi works measuring 70x50 are an absolute rarity. Biography: Walter Piacesi was born in Ascoli Piceno in 1929. Painter, etcher, sculptor and ceramist, after a long period in Ancona he moved in 1948 to Urbino to attend the State Institute of Art for book decoration, where he would later become head of the Engraving chair until 1975, the year in which he was called to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence to hold the Chair of Techniques of Printing. He participated in many official exhibitions including the IV National Show of Drawing and Engraving in Reggio Emilia (1953), the VIII Rome Quadriennale, the Italian Engraving Exhibition in Paris, Krakow, Poznan and Dublin, the Biella Prize for engraving in 1964 and various reviews of Italian Engravers, of which he was a member. The artist, throughout his career, etched more than two hundred plates and etchings, illustrating various literary works and exhibited in some of the most important Italian galleries (such as Ghelfi in Verona and the Piero Della Francesca Gallery in Arezzo), as well as in prestigious public spaces. His fame as an exceptional engraver never eclipsed his intense and high-quality painting activity, closely linked to engraving and also of a very high level. Piacesi loved portraying modern life in all its dimensions, from the human figure to objects, sometimes with a sharp and sardonic style. Among the subjects he most loved is the woman, exalted and depicted as a polyhedral being. The artist also manages to depict delicate situations of discomfort, everyday life sorrows, in a subtle way. His work has received wide appreciation not only from critics but also from writers and poets. He passed away in Fermignano in 2022.

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