Giuseppe Flangini

Flangini's painting depicts a bridge in Ostend, a city located along the Belgian coast in the North Sea. The passersby are painted with blurred and poorly defined colors, in fact, as they move away they merge with the landscape. The houses on the riverbank, on the other hand, are delineated with precision and with bright colors, giving brightness to the entire composition. In the background stands the Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, recognizable by the Gothic spires that rise above the city. Giuseppe Flangini was born in Verona on June 27, 1898, graduated in June 1916 and immediately began working as an elementary school teacher, continuing even after his transfer to Milan in 1944. Later, he decided to devote himself completely to painting and theater, collaborating with the theatrical magazine "Controcorrente". The world of the stage allowed him to forge lasting friendships with actors and directors, but also with artists, including Pigato, Vitturi, Albertini, Semeghini, Oliboni, Arturo Martini Sassu, Migneco, Carlo Carrà, Aldo Carpi, Consadori. His first exhibition was organized by the Società Belle Arti in Verona in 1921. Thus began his participation in numerous national Biennales until 1963 (posthumous). In 1922 he began traveling abroad, choosing Belgium as his first destination, to meet the relatives of his young wife, the painter Gina Zandavalli Flangini. During one of his stays in Ostend, probably in 1933, he became friends with James Ensor with whom, on numerous occasions, he found himself discussing art. "The last years of Giuseppe Flangini, from 1959 to 1961, were characterized by the birth of a new and happy chromatism attributable to the experiences of the Fauves and of Vlaminck in particular. In works such as "Campagna a Charleroi", "Windmill in Hetchel" and "Landscape in Gilly" a more serene vision of life shines through, which is expressed not only in the themes but also in the yellow, reddish ochre and brown tones, lively and bright in a clear and clean atmosphere. "Lighthouse of Ostend" and above all "Windmill in Bruges", the artist's last work which remained unfinished on the easel in his studio at his death, remain as evidence of the perseverance of a still open and vital research" (A. Di Lieto). In August 1961 Flangini died suddenly in Verona from color poisoning. For more information on the biography of Giuseppe Flangini, consult the website www.faustinimarcoantichita.it The work measures 40 cm H and 50 L without frame and 60 cm H and 70 cm L with frame. To read my reviews: CLICK HERE