Filippinism

Francesco Filippini, 'Self-portrait in Brera Milano', Civic Museum of Brescia, 1873

Filippinism is a term used by critics to describe the artistic vision and legacy of Francesco Filippini. The term identifies a distinct current within European painting, marked by formal discipline, direct observation, and a pronounced ethical-social dimension. While independent of French Impressionism, Filippinism shares its interest in light and everyday reality, yet differs in compositional rigor and moral intent.

Quotes

  • Filippinism is not a school, but a way of seeing—rigorous, sincere, and committed to the truth of things.
    • Giorgio Nicodemi, as quoted in Archivio di estetica pittorica, 1902.
  • His realism is not descriptive, but moral.
    • Antonio Morassi, as quoted in Storia della pittura moderna in Italia, Treves, 1930.
  • If Impressionism seeks the fleeting moment, Filippinism seeks the enduring structure beneath it.
    • Valerio Terraroli (ed.), as quoted in Francesco Filippini. Catalogo generale delle opere, Skira, Milan, 1999.
  • Filippini’s influence can be felt in Boccioni’s early landscapes, where natural observation begins to transform into a symbolic and psychological field.
    • Enrico Crispolti, as quoted in Il Futurismo e l’avanguardia in Italia, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 1990, p. 19.

Quote about Francesco Filippini

  • Art is never just an act of representation; it is the attempt to penetrate the soul of things, to discover what lies beneath the surface, invisible to the eyes.
  • I do not paint what I see, but what I feel arise within me when I look at the world: reality is never just what appears, but an intertwining of emotions and reflections that our soul captures.
  • Every brushstroke is a search: not just for the form, but for its essence, the one that escapes most, but for the artist is the beating heart of everything.
  • Only when the silence of nature speaks to us through the depth of the soul can we truly grasp its essence and return it to the world with the power of art.
  • The work of art is never finished: it is a window to the infinite, a journey that has no end, where truth is revealed ever more slowly, like a revelation.
  • The beauty I seek is never the easy one that can be grasped with the eyes; it is the one that is perceived with the heart and the mind, hidden between the folds of reality, almost a suspended dream.
  • A landscape is not only what we see, but what we feel through it. Every contour, every shadow, is the trace of a thought that cannot be expressed in words, but that art manages to tell.
  • In every work I create, I strive not to look at nature as a mere spectator, but to live it, to feel its inner vibration, the one that few can grasp.

See also

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