Morandi Giorgio

 

Giorgio Morandi was born on the 20th of July 1890, in Bologna, Italy. Affluent for his simple and contemplative still life's of every day objects; bottles, jars, boxes. He was considered a modern master, who couldn't be closely identified with a particular school of painting.

Morandi deliberately painted the unremarkable, he centred his practice on intense concentration and compositional balance, developing an intimate approach to art.

I draw influence from Morandi's work as he paints the familiar, yet purposely stripped bare. His style resonates with the functionality of these objects- objects that were designed to be used, rather than admired. Many of his still lifes have a weighty. chunky appearance to them, and where the perspective is always looking straight on.  I also admire his technique of painting, where brushstrokes are visible. he had no concern with hiding them to create a smooth looking surface. instead Morandi painted in such a way that the handling of the paint had just as much a contemplative importance as the objects.