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Artwork details
- Medium : Acrylic on Wood
- Other details : Artwork on wood. Artwork framed.
- Dimensions : 15.7x15.7in
About this artwork
The title is ironic because it recalls the name of the terrifying ferryman to Hell of the poet Dante, Charon, who guided souls in otherworldly rivers, while instead the image refers to an elderly Sunday sportsman rowing in a boat on the river. In summer, the river that crosses the city of Padua is experienced with great pleasure by inhabitants of all ages. The bright colors, from blue to green and the pink of the complexion, are in theme with the…
cheerful tone of the composition. The memory of impressionist painting is picked up and filtered by expressionist sensibility: it is a feast of saturated colors.
Marco Ronga
Italy
Credentials
- Experienced Artist
- Covered by the Press
- Favorited by galleries
- Featured in gallery curations
- Works on commission
« A mirror reflects a face and art reflects the soul. »
Marco Ronga is an experienced painter, draftsman, and sculptor based in Italy whose works have been exhibited nationally and in England. He describes his works as fusing themes of the portrait and the human figure with suggestions of urban architecture and the landscape resuting in "portraits of places and landscapes of bodies". Ronga's painterly compositions are most often created with acrylics and oils on wood or canvas.
Marco Ronga
Caronte
$2,450