E. Pastorio Oil on Canvas Italy XX Century

Oil on canvas.
Signed lower right.
On the back there is a label of participation in the 1960 exhibition of contemporary Italian painting in Milan, organized by the Society for Fine Arts and Permanent Exhibition of Milan.
It is a broad glimpse of the city of Venice, taken from one of the islands in front of it, of which some boats moored at the pier can be seen; the scene is horizontally divided quite clearly into two parts, from the central sky line of the city: above the sky, shaded in blue-grey tones, below the sea, with shades instead veering towards green.
The atmosphere is clear, of absolute stillness, of immobility.
Ezio Pastorio, originally from Cremona but transplanted to Valseriana after his studies, is considered 'a great Italian master of the 20th century, who knew how to renew the artistic language of the landscape while maintaining a strong link with 19th century painting'.
His production is post-impressionist in nature, especially in the large landscape production that depicts the Po and Bergamo plains, the Venetian lagoon and some Parisian glimpses, admired during some travels.
In his works, Pastorio creates suggestive atmospheres using infinite ranges of colours, which harmonize and sometimes even contrast, but always presented as a transparency which annuls the static nature of the representation and with a delicacy which expresses his devout religiosity towards nature and the created.
The work, coming from a private collection, is presented in a frame.