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| Friuli: the landscapes of Buja |
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In 1961 Lucatello starts to teach at
the Institute of Art in Udine and the following year he moves
with his family to Tarcento.
At the beginning it is a drastic and bewildering change for
him, as he relies on the external reality for thinking his paintings.
However, the attraction for the dry earth of Friuli became decisive
after endless inexhaustible trips on his scooter around the
region, (like any good Venetian, he did not have a licence for
many years). He beguins to paint the delicate hills of Buja,
recognisable by their shape and by their soft green shades.
They are lyrical, almost shy images, unlike the Delta, but sometimes
recalling it: often black on black, dense and strong, and handsome.
Certainly they open up the road to the Tagliamenti (the Tagliamento
river has already worked it’s way into the bottom of the
picture) and to the true periods of Friuli. |
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