Alfredo Chighine was an Italian painter,
born in Milan in 1914.In 1945 he studied engraving at the School of
Decorative Arts in Monza, and later sculpture at the Brera Academy in
Milan. In this period he met Giacomo Manzù and became his pupil.
Chighine’s career is linked to the history of Italian Art Informel, where he represented the naturalistic northern aspect. In his painting, he was particularly focused on creating a sensation of substance and light. In the early period of Art Informel this tendency was expressed in tangles and clots of colour applied with a spatula and infused with light, comparable to the work of Ennio Morlotti. These were landscapes that expressed the continuous variations of nature according to time, days or seasons.
His art developed from the early scratched lines to the bright and vibrant precision of his 1960s paintings. In the final years this evolved into a subtle balance of Chighine’s major concerns: luminosity, surface texture and flowing line.
He died in 1974 in Pisa.(repettogallery.com)
Chighine’s career is linked to the history of Italian Art Informel, where he represented the naturalistic northern aspect. In his painting, he was particularly focused on creating a sensation of substance and light. In the early period of Art Informel this tendency was expressed in tangles and clots of colour applied with a spatula and infused with light, comparable to the work of Ennio Morlotti. These were landscapes that expressed the continuous variations of nature according to time, days or seasons.
His art developed from the early scratched lines to the bright and vibrant precision of his 1960s paintings. In the final years this evolved into a subtle balance of Chighine’s major concerns: luminosity, surface texture and flowing line.
He died in 1974 in Pisa.(repettogallery.com)
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