Chaser of Giants
The traveller wearing a broad-brimmed hat, which Granchi uses as a metaphor for himself as he journeys through life, sets out on a steep path that will lead him to discover a sleeping giant, an allusion to the natural and instinctive forces that, although imprisoned in the rules of good
Evening Landscape (towards Mount Labro)
In this landscape drawn from life, Granchi obtains his effect of the light at dusk by using a brown paper that softens and renders shadowy the bright colours of chalk pastels. The artist often made quick visual notes like this one to freeze emotions and sensations in order to rework
Adventurous Soul. Sunny and Funereal Maremma
The visionary art of Andrea Granchi interprets lines from Giosuè Carducci’s poetry as he imagines a Maremma populated by relics of ancient civilizations, which appear in the light emanated by the adventurous traveller’s thirst for knowledge.
Panorama B
The two studies for Observatory (no. 41) present the artist’s long, pondered process of working out his paintings. He begins by drawing precise, carefully observed sketches from life which he then elaborates conceptually in accordance with his poetics of enigma and the play of opposites, so as to reproduce in
Panorama A
The two studies for Observatory (no. 41) present the artist’s long, pondered process of working out his paintings. He begins by drawing precise, carefully observed sketches from life which he then elaborates conceptually in accordance with his poetics of enigma and the play of opposites, so as to reproduce in
Observatory
From high on a staircase that seems to climb to the sky, three children look out over the vastness of a countryside stretching as far as the eye can see. The fixity of the vision, the silence hovering over it, and the strong light clearly outlining the volumes create a
The Green Branch
The pensive boy holds a little branch of a plane tree with green leaves just turning gold, while others have already died and fallen. The boy, alone and contemplative, reflects on the fatal destiny of mortal life in the apparent eternal cycle of nature.
Apparition
A town on Mount Amiata, perched on a height dominating the vastness of the Maremman plain, is seen as a perfect interlock of geometric solids harmonizing with each other in shape and colour. The rationality of the design evokes the balance of an ideal world, paradigmatic and absolute in its
Pine Tree at Baratti
A solitary pine tree, gnarled and partly withered, seems to resist the assault of the winds and summer heat in a strenuous attempt to survive. The artist uses elements of nature described in their lifelike characteristics to convey his personal emotions and meditations in the vein of Leopardi.
The Wounded Cypress
The theme of a tree violently struck by lightning, still alive despite the mutilation, becomes an emblem of human life, often mortally wounded but not annihilated. The use of black and white together with the technique of engraving lends a special sense of drama to the realistic image.
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