Albino Lorenzo

(Tropea, 1922 - 2005)

On the back, intervention by the painter Antonio Sciacca. Signed lower left.

The approach denies any drawing origin to give free rein to coloristic impressionism. Color determines powerful expressiveness. The figurative composition appears fluid and synthetic and the execution is thus imbued with a realism which through the brown and earthy colors connote themes of rural and popular life actually experienced.

A painter who knew how to represent the pure identity of his land through nuanced brushstrokes, Lorenzo Albino was a faithful guardian of the memory of the Calabrian people and a devoted son of his Tropea.

With his works he transmitted the most authentic traditions of Calabria, narrating the rural and intimate stories of peasant culture, sincere and nostalgic works in contrast with a society tending towards uncontrollable technological development.

Called "the poet of the earth", the "faithful guardian of the farmers of the South", the "portraitist of the poor", Albino, thanks to his artistic production, translated the memories, everyday life and breath of his warm Calabria into images.

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