Trento Longaretti, “maternity,” Oil On Canvas, Signed, 1989

Trento Longaretti, “Maternity,” oil on canvas, signed, 1989

Trento Longaretti (1916–2017)

Title: Maternity

Year: 1989

Technique: Oil on canvas

Signature: Signed lower left

Dimensions:

Canvas: 50 × 40 cm

With frame: 69 × 49 cm

Authenticity: By the painter on photograph

Inscriptions: Title and date on the back

Description:

The work Maternity represents one of the most intense and recurring themes in the production of Trento Longaretti, a master of 20th-century Italian painting, known for his lyrical sensibility and vibrant chromatic language.

The work, dated 1989, is part of the artist's mature period, in which the theme of motherhood takes on a universal value of love and spirituality.

Trento Longaretti (1916-2017) was an influential Italian painter, draftsman, and engraver, known for his involvement in the “Corrente” movement and for his long tenure as director of the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo. He was an artist who represented suffering, movement, and hope, drawing inspiration from his experiences of war and migration.