Mario
Pasquale Comensoli (1922 –1993) was a Swiss painter.
Comensoli is
considered as leading figure of the realist movement, depicting the social
evolution of post-World War II Switzerland with key themes ranging from Italian
immigrants to the 1968 social unrest, the Disco years and the hopelessness of
the 'No Future' youth.
Establishing himself in Zurich with his wife Hélène Frei, he
grew a passion for popular sports like cycling and football and created the
series titled "Cyclists and footballers
This first creative phase, which was centered on formal
construction, soon left space for a new kind of painting that was more aware of
reality and human experiences. In 1958 he created the "Workers in
Blue". He dedicated it to the migrants coming from Italy to whom he felt
close. In that same year, Carlo Levi invited him to exhibit his works at the
Congress of Immigrants in Rome on whose poster one of the artist's drawings
appeared.
He subsequently tackled the themes of the protests of 1968
with a painting manner which was provocative and influenced by Pop Art. He then
took on the world of cinema in 1978. In the 80s, starting from alternative punk
youths, he started the series "Gioventù in fermento" (Youth in
Turmoil). To remember "Discovirus" and "Tell" among the
most important thematic moments.
Nice to see how many of the men in his paintings wear a navy-blue basco Roma.
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