From Garda to Valpolicella, the Veronese landscape in the masters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

I read an article in Finestre sull’Arte dedicated to Veronese painters of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and their way of portraying the landscapes of our land: Verona, Lake Garda, and Valpolicella.

As I went through these pages, I felt as though I were walking through a gallery of gazes. Each artist left a different mark: the pure, vibrant light of Dall’Oca Bianca, the rural authenticity of Avanzi, the delicate watercolors of Marotto, the modern experiments of Trentini, and the Futurist audacity of Righetti “Di Bosso”. Each of them captured a fragment of the same land, transforming it into a universal language.

And here is my reflection: art is the highest and noblest interpretation of human creativity. It does not merely represent reality; it sublimates it, elevates it, makes it eternal. Where nature offers matter, light, and landscape, the artist gives vision, emotion, and meaning.

In the end, my work as a winemaker is not so different: starting from what the land gives and transforming it into an experience that is not reduced to wine alone, but becomes memory, story, and shared emotion.

Looking at the landscapes painted by these artists, I feel that every brushstroke is an invitation to see Valpolicella not only with the eyes but with the soul. That is where art and life meet: at the point where human creativity manages to transform what is fragile and fleeting into something lasting and universal.

https://www.finestresullarte.info/opere-e-artisti/pittori-veronesi-paesaggi-verona-garda-valpolicella-ottocento-novecento

Guido Trentini, Colline veronesi (Valpolicella) (1915 circa; olio su cartone, 41 x 47 cm). Su concessione di Faraci Arte

On the cover: Angelo Zamboni, Romagnano (anni Trenta del XX secolo; olio su tavola, 74 x 61 cm). Su concessione di Faraci Arte