Palermo hosts exhibition on Francesco Trombadori, Sicilian master of the 20th century

On March 24, the exhibition L’essenziale verità delle cose opened in Palermo. Francesco Trombadori, all dedicated to Sicilian painter Francesco Trombadori (Syracuse, 1886 - Rome, 1961) and on display until September 2, 2018 at the Palermo Gallery of Modern Art. On display are sixty canvases painted between 1915 and 1961 and all arriving from important public and private collections, as well as drawings, books, catalogs and articles from the artist’s Archives. The exhibition is part of the billboard of Palermo 2018 Italian Capital of Culture and is curated by Giovanna Caterina De Feo.

The title of the exhibition refers to a note by Trombadori: “Modern is certainly not art because it reflects our time, which then would be a matter of fashion and formal. Modern art as it is also ancient, only that which manages to express the essential truth of things with deep humanity and spirituality....” This is a thought that also clarifies Francesco Trombadori’s idea of art, a Syracusan by birth, long active in Rome, but deeply attached to his Sicily, as can be seen in the painting Siracusa mia!, made in Rome: it is a work that conveys all the love for his native land, even if executed at a distance. Trombadori’s art enacted a reflection on the ancient: first formed in the circles of the magazine “Il Convito” (founded by Adolfo De Bosis with Gabriele d’Annunzio and Angelo Conti), the artist then approached the circle of artists who gravitated around the magazine “Valori Plastici” placing himself in relation with magic realism. In the wake of these experiences, Trombadori, we read in the exhibition’s presentation, "arrived at his own, personal neoclassicism, immersing his portraits, nudes and still lifes in domestic atmospheres of refined formal purity, such as, for example, Still Life with Lemons, (1923) already in the Ugo Ojetti collection, Still Life with Red Cabbages (1937) GAM Rome and the beautiful Nude Girl (1929) on display."

The artist exhibited several times at the Venice Biennale, maintained relationships with the most important cultural figures of his time, continued to produce even during a difficult decade such as the 1940s, and continued to experiment until the last stages of his career. Thus, the exhibition aims to trace his entire artistic career.

Opening hours: Tuesday through Sunday from 9:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. (ticket office closes one hour earlier), closed Mondays. Tickets: full price 10 euros, reduced 7 euros for groups of at least 15 people, young people between 19 and 25 years old, over 65, conventioned. Free for under 18, school groups, teachers, disabled visitors with accompanying person, students of the Fine Arts Academy of Palermo, journalists (registered or accredited), ICOM members, tour guides. Catalog published by Maretti Edizioni. Info at www.gampalermo.it.

Image: Francesco Trombadori, Siracusa mia! (1919; oil on canvas, 100 x 133; Private collection)

Palermo hosts exhibition on Francesco Trombadori, Sicilian master of the 20th century

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