Claudio Secchi (1920-?) - Lettura all'aperto

Claudio Secchi - (1920)
“Reading Outdoors” oil on canvas 60 x 80 cm
Claudio Secchi, born in Milan in 1920.
Master of arts, he graduated from the A. Venturi Institute of Modena, the city where he lives and works.
He began painting in oil on canvas at the age of 13, and even now, more than thirty years later, this is the technique he predominantly uses.
The first works are abstract, vaguely metaphysical, based on a search for color as the predominant expressive means.
He then starts a long path of inquiry, in which color seeks a form. It is a path that, for the strong and pure use of color, leads toward the impressionists. The color is laid on top of ever more recognizable forms, until reaching architectures, the human figure and the portrait.
Thereafter, the search for meaning begins.
In 2005 he abandons shapes and, with an impressionist-flavored abstraction, he gives birth to the series of skies titled "Beyond the Clouds," where the struggle between light and dark symbolizes the struggle between good and evil.
In 2006, from a dream, the series "Transcending" is born. The color remains strong and pure, but for the form every reference to both the real and to the classical abstract is abandoned, and he makes use of geometries to represent a dimension that is transcendent.
He is still working on this.
The exploration of the use of expressive means has led him to experiences also in the musical and theatrical fields.
Since 2004 he has been part of NGA, a group of painters, sculptors and photographers with whom he has exhibited in several group shows.