Giuseppe Landi

G I U S E P P E   L A N D I  Painter and poet was born in Livorno in 1950  

“… .I am self-taught, my teacher is nature, I observe the sea, I listen to the sounds and I savor the scent of the land wet by the rain.

Each image in the short space of a canvas or a tablet is felt,in all its light colors, precise testimony of an instinctive interest, of a natural purpose for a painting of subtle landscapes with happy shades, where even a white can be rich in color while the breaking of a line is sometimes enough to suggest the sense of light even when it is not expressly evoked by the touch of the brush.

My subjects are: Lost historical centers of Italian cities, gardens,rustic, rural landscapes, particular windows with geraniums. "

Landi's painting is linked to the Macchiaioli tradition, represented with a palette of warm and bright colors that give the figurations a particular descriptive force.

In homage to the principles of the "stain", he draws the subjects of his works from the observation of nature, an inexhaustible mine of his inspirations.

Landi as heir to the painting of Macchiaioli painting qualifies him not so much as being from Livorno and breathing the same air of Maestro Fattori, but a tender feeling of love for the Tuscan land, which he portrays with nuances of subtle harmony, in pictorial tales strongly expressive.In the countryside of Landi, Tuscany rediscovers the mysticism with which the "Masters" portrayed it, it breathes an ecstatic atmosphere where the festival of colors is meditation and song, lyricism and stillness.

The cut of the paintings, the sense of perspective, depth and conviction are the basic characteristics of his painting, on which an interpretative sense of the landscape full of voices and references is grafted.

The teaching of teachers Macchiaioli is obvious but it is also clear coherence and, above all, I repeat, a spontaneity indisputable.  

While building on the values of the past, Macchiaioli and post-Macchiaioli schools Chirici not give up its search for a recognizable language, is still very young and while following the path of tradition will ever greater autonomy.  

“The real" are words of Gino Romiti “is the greatest teacher who pursues the truth sooner or later will be rewarded: obviously a true interpreted through its own personality.