Enrico Sereni was born in Moterubiaglio, a tiny umbrian village close to Orvieto, in 1943. Fascinated since young age by pictorial arts he strived to gain a deeper insight into the subject, besides his passion for it, attending the Istituto Statale d'Arte in Rome where he studied under the guidance of Prof. Alberto Ziveri. Sereni's paintings, which, on account of their naturalistic representation of reality, might be regarded as classical in spite of the presence of themes peculiar to the contemporary international panorama, transmit to the onlooker the most intimate feelings lying behind them. His famous depictions of alleys and foreshortenings of time-honoured umbrian and tuscan villages, lit up by strokes of dazzling light, make us sense the essence of the space and profoundness that hallmark his work. A very talented artist, Sereni can be defined a real painter, having managed throughout his career to combine technical mastery and artistic inspiration. His pictures are realistic but never photographic and the houses of the ancient villages he depicts with exact brush-strokes create visions of particular purity in the continuous and exciting play of lights and shadows. Sereni's works, today to be found in several collective and personal exhibitions, always received great reviews from critics and general public and have been awarded several prizes for their originality as well as their masterful execution. Sereni's paintings can be seen in private collections in Italy and, above all, in the USA. |
