Carlo Domenici - (livorno 1897 - Portoferraio 1981) - Grape Harvest

Carlo Domenici - (Livorno 1897 - Portoferraio 1981) - grape harvest
oil on faesite, 35x50cm with frame 65x55cm

signed lower right.
Carlo Domenici is one of the leading representatives of the Leghorn group of Labronici, founded in 1920 at the Caffè Bardi, the historical meeting place of the movement's members. The artists of the group shared a style ascribable to post-Macchiaiolism; even the subjects represented (the Tuscan countryside and seascapes, peasants and animals at work) show how the Labronici shared with their Macchiaioli progenitors a love for their land. After an academic education, he devoted himself to painting the macchia.  Tuscany is always the protagonist of his landscapes, in particular three areas of his land: the Maremma, with its peasants and animals at work in the fields, close in style and technique to the great Fattori; masterpieces with a bucolic flavour, in which the warm tones of the countryside blend with the hard features of the men and women harvesting or threshing wheat. The Island of Elba and its marine scenes; paintings in which the atmosphere and sea breeze are captured through vivid tones and vibrant lights. Finally, his beloved Livorno, described with precision of detail and strong emotionality. . In 1970, he settled permanently on the Island of Elba and in 1976 a stroke paralysed his right arm, preventing him from pursuing his painting career with constancy. Throwing Domenici into despair for good was the death of his wife. The only great satisfaction of the last years of his life was his appointment as President of the Labronico Group in 1979, a position he held until the year of the