Expressive Cityscape By Folco Chiti Battelli (florence, 1932–2011)

Artist: Folco Chiti Battelli (Florence, 1932–2011)

Expressive cityscape by Folco Chiti Battelli (Florence, 1932–2011)

Dimensions: 60/80 cm

Oil on canvas

Signed twice and dated 1976.

The work stands at the crossroads between lyrical abstraction and the Post-Impressionist tradition.

Some biographical notes on the painter.

Biography

In keeping with his character, his biography is also uneventful, except for the numerous exhibitions in which he began to participate in 1963 (the first was at the Saletta del Fiorino on Via Tosinghi). The artist was thirty-one years old at the time (he was born in Florence in 1932) and had studied at the Art Institute and the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence under the guidance of Gianni Vagnetti.

From there, exhibitions followed in rapid succession. Some are noted in Italy and abroad: in 1970 at the Galleria Inquadrature in Florence, in 1986 at the Galleria Pro Arte in Lugano, in 1988 at the Galleria Pirra in Turin, in 1995 at the Galleria Poggiali e Forconi in Florence, and in 1997 at the Galleria dell’Oficina in Brescia. In 1977, Chiti Batelli also participated in the Premio del Fiorino, making it to the final three. His partnership with the Galleria Pananti was also extremely prolific; the gallery exhibited his works on several occasions (1972, 1974, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1991, 2001).

Among his most recent exhibitions were the 2002 show at the Accademia delle Arti del Disegno in Florence and the 2005 exhibition at the Archaeological Museum of Fiesole. Since 2007, one of his self-portraits has been part of the Uffizi Gallery’s Self-Portrait Collection. He died in Florence in 2011.