Francesco Fulcarà (1933-?) - La Città Rosa

- Oil on canvas. Original canvas. Hand-signed. - In this imposing 1966 composition, Francesco Fulcarà raises a disturbing monument to the modern city, conceived not as a refuge for humans but as a voracious colossus of brick, iron, and unchecked energy. The architecture fractures and clumps into a burning mass of arches, chimneys, and angular volumes that immediately evoke Fritz Lang's industrial dystopias or Kurt Weill's sordid, alienating metropolises. An incandescent, feverish atmosphere seeps into everything: vermilion, carmine, and terra-cotta tones dominate the canvas with the violence of a forge or an out-of-control fire, where structures seem alive, contorting and overlapping like the gears of a gigantic infernal machine. Under a leaden, violet sky where a bloody sun seems suffocated by soot, the city rises as an insatiable beast that oozes smoke, fire, and the bitter patina of the industrial era. The dense, impasto brushwork with a pronounced geometric rhythm captures light on the canvas texture, making the painting material itself suggest the vibrating pulse of the machine and the alienation of the modern urban landscape. It is an apocalyptic and fascinating vision at once, where the metropolis ceases to be a mere backdrop and becomes the true, formidable protagonist of contemporary tragedy. - Image dimensions without frame: 120 x 55 cm / 134 x 69 cm with exclusive custom frame. At Montbaron Gallery, we are pleased to offer our clients an exclusive selection of artworks, all unique, original, and unreplicable. Each piece in our gallery is the result of deep dedication, a creative vision, and masterful technique—qualities that guarantee its authenticity. The works we sell are not industrial reproductions; they are pieces created individually by renowned artists, each with its own story and essence. 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Estimate:£376.91

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