Walter Piacesi (1929-2022) - Innamorati al muretto

Walter Piacesi (Ascoli Piceno, 1929-Fermignano, 2022), Innamorati al muretto, 1974, oil on canvas 18x13.5x2 cm, signature and date at the bottom right, signed on the back, dedicated to a person (to Vaiani, founder of the Galleria d'Arte Piero Della Francesca), with the stamp of the old Galleria d'Arte Pier Della Francesca on the frame. Exhibitions: Homage to Walter Piacesi, retrospective exhibition, Galleria d'Arte Piero Della Francesca, Arezzo, October 2022. Publications: Exhibition catalog. Documentation: Certificate of authenticity from Galleria d'Arte Piero della Francesca. Excellent condition, no damage, minor signs of aging. No frame.
Biography
Walter Piacesi was born in Ascoli Piceno in 1929. Painter, engraver, sculptor, and ceramist, after a long period in Ancona, he moved to Urbino in 1948 to attend the State Institute of Art for book decoration, where he later became the head of the Engraving Chair until 1975, the year he was appointed to the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence to occupy the Chair of Techniques of Engraving. He participated in many official exhibitions, including the 4th National Drawing and Engraving Exhibition in Reggio Emilia (1953), the 8th Rome Quadriennale, the Italian Engraving Exhibition in Paris, Krakow, Poznan, and Dublin, the Biella Prize for engraving in 1964, and various exhibitions of Italian engravers, of which he is a member.
The artist, in his career, has engraved over two hundred plates and etchings, illustrating various literary works and exhibiting in some of the most important Italian art galleries (such as Ghelfi in Verona and the Galleria Piero Della Francesca in Arezzo), as well as in prestigious public spaces.
His reputation as an excellent engraver has never overshadowed his intense and high-quality painting activity, which is closely linked to his engraving work and is also of the highest level.
Piacesi enjoys representing modern life in all its dimensions, from that of humans to that of objects, sometimes with a gritty and sarcastic style. Among the subjects he most loves is the woman, who is exalted and described as a polymorphic being. The artist also manages to delicately portray situations of discomfort and everyday sadness. His work has received much acclaim not only from critics but also from writers and poets. He passed away in Fermignano in 2022.