The canvas was prepared with a white ground layer and an underdrawing made with graphite is visible around the central vase. The oil paint was then applied in thin layers, wet on wet, with lively brushstrokes. The painting has a wooden frame with gilded details. Morandi kept a supply of vases, bottles and jars in his studio, which he used as models for many of his still life paintings in a variety of arrangements.
The first of the still lifes to feature several of the same objects in a similar arrangement was made in , but the most closely related works date from the period —7, although no two of these are exactly the same see Alley , p.
Morandi was born in Bologna, where he studied between and His work was also influenced by the Italian Renaissance painters Giotto c. Does this text contain inaccurate information or language that you feel we should improve or change? We would like to hear from you. Read more. He often included the same selection of familiar items in his works. He kept a supply of vases, bottles and jars in his studio to use in his still life paintings. In this work, the objects lose their domestic purpose, becoming sculptural objects.
Through repeated studies of the same items, Morandi creates a sense of timelessness. His use of earthy and muted colours was inspired by his native Bologna in northern Italy. This connects the artist's paintings to his own life and surroundings. At the Accademia, which based its traditions on 14th-century painting, Morandi taught himself to etch by studying books on Rembrandt.
He was excellent at his studies, although his professors disapproved of the changes in his style during his final two years at the Accademia. In he visited Florence, where the works of artists such as Giotto, Masaccio , Piero Della Francesca , and Paolo Uccello made a profound impression on him. He had a brief digression into a Futurist style in In that same year, Morandi was appointed instructor of drawing for elementary schools in Bologna—a post he held until In , he joined the army but suffered a breakdown and was indefinitely discharged.
The Metaphysical painting Pittura Metafisica phase in Morandi's work lasted from to This was to be his last major stylistic shift; thereafter, he focused increasingly on subtle gradations of hue, tone, and objects arranged in a unifying atmospheric haze, establishing the direction his art was to take for the rest of his life.
Morandi showed in the Novecento Italiano exhibitions of and , but was more specifically associated with the regional Strapaese group by the end of the decade, a fascist-influenced group emphasizing local cultural traditions.
He was sympathetic to the Fascist party in the s, although his friendships with anti-Fascist figures led authorities to arrest him briefly in From Morandi participated in some of the Venice Biennale exhibitions, in the Quadriennale in Rome and also exhibited in different Italian and foreign cities.
From to , Morandi was a professor of etching at Accademia di Belle Arti. The Venice Biennale awarded him first prize for painting.
Wikipedia article References Wikipedia article. Wikipedia: en. Perhaps appropriate for an artist whose vision was so up close and personal, Morandi was known to stay near to the city of Bologna—the site of his birth and death and home still to a museum devoted to his work as well as his preserved studio, which one can visit for the sake of soaking up its atmosphere.
He was really into Impressionism. Along with his centuries-old countrymen active during of the Renaissance, Morandi held out special affection for Impressionist painters whose ethereal visions influenced his style for sure. He is beloved by architects. The objects he revisited were plainer than plain, but the interactions between them could turn into intricate affairs, with subtle treatments of texture and color adding extra emphasis to what could stand like city skylines in a language all their own.
Frank Gehry also cited Morandi as inspiration for a wildly designed house he conceived in Wayzata, Minnesota. Filmmakers are among his fans too. His work was also in art collections belonging to Carlo Ponti the storied movie producer and husband of Sophia Loren and Vittorio De Sica director of the timeless classic Bicycle Thieves.
He taught drawing to school kids. In , the same year he had a brief sort of dalliance with the Italian Futurist movement, Morandi started teaching drawing in elementary schools in Bologna—a post he continued until
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