L’autore è tra gli artisti, membri del partito comunista, che aderirono al neorealismo di Guttuso.Il dipinto è una natura morta ma in esso c’è un abbandono intimistico insolito nelle opere neorealiste in cui vengono imposte oggettive finalità sociali.Nella calligrafia curva ellittica dai toni freddi dello sfondo e nel motivo dell’albero tronco, figura metaforica, si scorgono accenni di “espressionismo cromatico”.

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  Giuseppe Zigaina - Was born in Friuli in 1924. He is one of the most important italian painters of the twentieth century. In 1934 he entered the college of Tolmin in Slovenia and he remains there until 1943. In 1946 he meets Pasolini springs from a deep human connection and artistic. In 1949 he exhibited in Rome and in the same year he made thirteen designs for a collection of poems by Pasolini. In 1953 he directed a feature film. In 1957 Pasolini wrote the poem “Friulian Paintings” for him, since 2001 following various publications and works. From 1948 to 1998 you will find numerous awards for culture.

TOOLS CAMPAIGN - 1953 - It’s an oil on board, cm 49.5x59 - The author is among the artists, members of the Communist Party, who joined the neo-realism of Guttuso.The painting is a still life but in it there is an intimate abandonment that it’s unusual in the neorealist works in which objective social purposes are imposed.In elliptic curve calligraphy by cool tones of the background and in reason of the trunk tree, methaphorical figure, you can see hints of color expressionism.