Besides the extraordinary, very modern female portraits, made by Curcio in the last years of his career, we find two ancient themes such as that of cows belonging to the animal tradition flourishing from the seventeenth century and that of mythological subjects dating back to classical antiquity. It is interesting to observe our painter\’s behavior […]
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The holiday resorts and houses, especially in Torre del Greco and Castellammare, are among Curcio\’s favourite subjects, especially in the last years of his artistic career. We find scenes in the garden where the space is sometimes explored through the geometric play of the deck chairs, or solitary places of the house, with windows overlooking
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From testimonies of that period, we learn that in Curcio\’s production there must have been much more watercolours and pastels than the ones that came down to us. Here we exhibit a few samples, which however already indicate his competence in this field as well. Since even in oil painting he loved light drafts –
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The evolution of the pictorial language found in the portraits is also observed in the landscapes: when he returned from Paris in 1911-12, with his divided brushstrokes, Curcio shows how much he assimilated from the French experience, showing the trend to identify planes of colours with soft contours even in the play of colour contrasts
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With the Youth Exhibition opened in Naples at the end of 1909, the so-called Secession of the Twenty-three started by a group of brave young artists, including Curcio. This was his beginning exhibition, in which he stands out to the attention of the public and critics, especially for his female portraits. The female portrait became
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This collection shows the beginnings of Edgardo Curcio. The figure of his brother Carlo was very important for our painter. In this partial family recognition there is also the portrait of Marta Gambardella, daughter of family friends, who at 18 years old posed for his various works and who, was not related to Giuseppina Gambardella,
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This collection shows the extraordinary quality of Curcio. Since its youthful production, he has examined the female universe across the board. There are few male protagonists depicted, while women dominate with their seductive and mysterious air. He often represents the women of his heartfelt family, other times the models or family friends. Except for some
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In Naples between 19th and 20th century which has been defined as the belle époque, besides old-timer resurgences, there are great success of innovation, sincere requests of transformation, youthful impulses to rebellion such as to place the Neapolitan city in line with the most modern European metropolises. Naples placed at the avantgarde in the advertising
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