The two realities of Giacomo Favretto

I understand that now Giacomo Favretto is a name very long form official critic, above all because we remember Tiziano, Giorgione and Bellini to painters of Venice, but Giacomo Favretto is Venetian too, but in other century, 19^th, and in Venice he was born, at August 11^th 1849, and there he was dead at Juny 12^th 1887; Giacomo is Venetian but not seems to resume nothing of very happy Venetian season, but contrary he takes reality, that in painter of 19^th century was normal; by now the scandal or reality, and his wrong and cruel moments, was alone a memory for historical art. But Favretto affirms with great determination his style and he selected very moment that can be particularity ugly, with precision and punctual translation, also psychological; a very much famous painting of Favretto, this is The mouse(Fig.1) is a representation a of moment when fear is very dominating, girls indicate where is monster, and they show all their fear, but the study of Favretto for representation of this moment is very impressive, he has studied every female expression and behavior, he looks and take with inquiry emotions and reactions; but not certainly less is other painting, like The wife of a painter with jalousie(Fig.2), same concept for a woman who has suspect of infidelity of her husband who painted a model, also here Favretto uses his concept and his inquiry of soul, this is emotions and now suspect; but beyond this concept, alone interior, Favretto looked also physical reality, and for Grass and fruit(Fig.3), he takes reality and poor reality with his ugly and misery, perhaps for confused brushstroke Favretto looked to Tiziano at his last moment. However Giacomo takes reality external and interior and therefore he translates mankind all, both his look and for his soul, this is Favretto is painter of human gender.

    Alessandro Lusana  

 

 

 

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