Marco Novati - Gondoliere

Marco Novati was born in Venice on 20th May 1895. The portraits seen in Gino Rossi’s exhibitions, together with the examination of the Avant-garde, completed his itinerary of artistic maturity.
The young painter, without concrete experience, found himself facing the harshness of life. A kind of fury, anguish, rebellion took over. From this came his dark, desperate realism. The subjects are figures often depicting old people in work duties and / or found in the ‘bàcari’ (Venetian bars). The latter drink, sing, play or fall asleep because of their excessive alcohol levels.
The artist will be less severe when he enters into a more canonical portrait viewpoint, but always of a high level.