Young blonde

Carlo Levi is the author of the renown novel Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (Christ Stopped at Eboli). He was a refined intellectual and a painter, inspired by Expressionism, he also took part in the Scuola Romana movement. He was born into a wealthy Jewish family in Turin, and for a short time followed the example of Casorati. A trip to Paris, however, made him fall in love with the art of Modigliani and Soutine. After being sentenced to confinement during Fascism, with the end of the regime he was able to fully develop his artistic skills, creating works characterized by the use of bright colours and dynamic strokes. This work, its tone reminiscent of Guttuso, depicts a young and very blond woman, perhaps the actress Monica Vitti. Her almost sorrowful eyes are framed, together with her face, by her hair and naked body, conveying great sensitivity.