From Casorati “Found” to Segantini’s Ortension, the spell of flowers in art – Parma is performed in the Magnani Rocca

Parma – He was exhibited in Rome in 1915 and then disappeared in thin air for more than a century. With its rigorous composition, the deep blue of the flowers that seem to come from the compact darkness of the soil, in a visual contrast that invites the gaze to get stuck on the enamelled vase on which the figure of the painter is reflected, in a hidden self -portrait, Joke: Korenbloem From Felice Casorati appears back to the audience.
To welcome this “found” masterpiece after a long search in the collections of the Savoy House, which adds two other paintings by the artist, Flowers and hat (1927) E Vase with poppies and daisies (1913), is the exhibition FLORA. The spell of flowers in Italian art from the twentieth century On the Magnani-Rocca Foundation until June 29.
With their short -lived beauty and symbolic load, the flowers of artists overwhelmed. And the Magnani-Rocca Foundation celebrates this eternal subject with more than 150 works, from the masters of symbolism to contemporary art, which transform the villa of masterpieces into an artificial garden. A riot of “flowers” creations from the greatest masters of Italian art, from the late nineteenth century to today, overwhelms the look of the visitor who intoxes it. There are Hydrangea from Segantini, Longoni and Fornara and the Dallaia from Previati and Donghi, the explosive Flora Magica Van Depero, the Gladiolo Electrocuted by the pisis and Chrysanthemums from the Chirico and Cremona.

Umberto Moggioli, Flowers in the Rain, 1918, oil on canvas. Courtesy Galleria Gomiero

If a flower is a symbol of grace for Boldini, a chromatic explosion and a reflection on the transience of life represents for the pisis, while Morandi makes it a quiet meditation. FLORA Discover the evolution of this subject in Italian art, of the symbolic richness of Segantini and Prevective in the avant -garde of Balla and Depero, to the contemporary languages ​​of Kounellis, the Maria, Gilardi, Schifano and Paolini. De ruimtes van de villa van meesterwerken worden aldus geheime tuinen, hetzelfde opgeroepen door de werken van Pellizza da Volpedo, Chini, Nomellini, Moggioli, Boccioni, die de meesterwerken van Monet, Renoir, Cézanne, Dürer, Titian, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Canova, Bura,, Bura,, Burga,, Burga,, Burga,, Burga,, Burga,, Burg,, Bura,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Bura,,, Burra,,, Buraa,,, Burraa,,, Buraa,,, Buraa,,, Burraa,,, Buraa,,, Buraa,,, Buraa,,, Buraa,,, Buraaa,,, Buraaa,, Buraaa,, Buraaa,, Buraaa.

A whole section is dedicated to roses, from Morandi to the topics Funi, Opppi, Cagnaccio, Pirandello and Mafai.
Compiled by Daniela Ferrari and Stefano Roffi, the exhibition is full of works by important museums, public institutions and private collections such as the Museum of the twentieth century of Milan, The Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art in Rome, the Novecento Museum of Ferrorce, The Munandi Museum of Bologna, The Museum of Bologna,

Oscar Ghiglia, Mrs. Ojetti in Roseto, 1907, Oil on Canvas I Courtesy Company of Fine Arts, Vievregio

“There is no painter or painter of the twentieth century – explains Daniela Ferrari – who has not painted flowers, after an intimate calling and a very personal interpretation, a representative challenge. The flower is a simple subject, but it is also a universe of complex symbols, of refined forms and for this irresistible”.
Dropped in the romantic park, fresh from restoration, with an English garden, an Italian garden and the new contemporary garden, the exhibition surrounds visitors in an explosion of colors and perfumes.