Still life with flowers

Semeghini was born in Quistello, south of Mantua, also the hometown of other illustrious artists such as Giuseppe Gorni and Alberto Viani. Semeghini is among the few provincial artists who became famous at a national level. Venice played a fundamental role, both as the city in which he lived, and as a horizon in which to test his own very particular technique, a translucent stroke of colour, able to invent a face or a gaze. His painting became increasingly rarefied, so much that some works seem to disappear from sight, as is the case with some paintings depicting the horizon of the lagoon at dawn. Acting as a counterpart of Giorgio Morandi and Filippo De Pisis, also in this painting Semeghini demonstrates his capacity to allude to a refined object, while also stating its non existence. The very delicate colours employed create a sort of diffused pictorial lyricism characterized by a subdued force.