“This extensive monograph dedicated to Ottone Rosai, one of the most significant figures of twentieth-century Italy, was first published in 1960; in 1972 Vallecchi oversaw its reprint, because the volume, long unobtainable, was sought after by scholars, painting lovers and art collectors. Today it is considered appropriate to republish the work, which maintains its testimonial and documentary values intact. The author, Pier Carlo Santini, was very close to Rosai in his last years, curating important exhibitions, including the fundamental one in Florence, at Palazzo Strozzi, in 1960. The book constitutes, today as then, a complete systematic treatment, conducted with philological rigor and detailed research, of the artist's work. It includes numerous unpublished works, belonging to the entire fifty-year activity of the Master, from his earliest works (1911) to his last ones, on the eve of his death. The documentation is impressive and the result of a rigorous selection process, extending to his graphic works, which are closely related to his paintings. Starting from these foundations, tracing previously unknown documents and carefully examining the existing bibliography on the artist, the author has written an essay that raises and discusses all the issues surrounding the formation and development of Rosai's artistic language, ultimately critically defining the master's personality. Precisely because of its value as an irreplaceable testimony, as it contains the first nucleus of the catalogue of Rosai's work, the volume remains indispensable to anyone interested in this artist, and is therefore republished unchanged. Moreover, the thoroughness of the investigation, the critical interpretation, and the richness of the iconography make it a classic among the testimonies to contemporary Italian painting.“ (Publisher’s text)
Title: ROSAI
Authors: Pier Carlo Santini
Publisher: Vallecchi, Firenze
Publication date: 1972
Language: Italian
Format: hardcover with illustrated dust jacket
Total Pages: 210pp.
Images: illustrated in colour and b/w
Book Condition: ver good. With the library stamp of the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Stock Number: RB05348 GAL 235
“This extensive monograph dedicated to Ottone Rosai, one of the most significant figures of twentieth-century Italy, was first published in 1960; in 1972 Vallecchi oversaw its reprint, because the volume, long unobtainable, was sought after by scholars, painting lovers and art collectors. Today it is considered appropriate to republish the work, which maintains its testimonial and documentary values intact. The author, Pier Carlo Santini, was very close to Rosai in his last years, curating important exhibitions, including the fundamental one in Florence, at Palazzo Strozzi, in 1960. The book constitutes, today as then, a complete systematic treatment, conducted with philological rigor and detailed research, of the artist's work. It includes numerous unpublished works, belonging to the entire fifty-year activity of the Master, from his earliest works (1911) to his last ones, on the eve of his death. The documentation is impressive and the result of a rigorous selection process, extending to his graphic works, which are closely related to his paintings. Starting from these foundations, tracing previously unknown documents and carefully examining the existing bibliography on the artist, the author has written an essay that raises and discusses all the issues surrounding the formation and development of Rosai's artistic language, ultimately critically defining the master's personality. Precisely because of its value as an irreplaceable testimony, as it contains the first nucleus of the catalogue of Rosai's work, the volume remains indispensable to anyone interested in this artist, and is therefore republished unchanged. Moreover, the thoroughness of the investigation, the critical interpretation, and the richness of the iconography make it a classic among the testimonies to contemporary Italian painting.“ (Publisher’s text)
Title: ROSAI
Authors: Pier Carlo Santini
Publisher: Vallecchi, Firenze
Publication date: 1972
Language: Italian
Format: hardcover with illustrated dust jacket
Total Pages: 210pp.
Images: illustrated in colour and b/w
Book Condition: ver good. With the library stamp of the Royal Academy of Arts, London
Stock Number: RB05348 GAL 235
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