Franco Rognoni – "Il Taxi", 1967
Oil on canvas
(56 × 36.5 cm)
An evocative Expressionist-style composition, signed and dated "Rognoni 67" lower right, with the title "Il Taxi" inscribed on the painted surface. The work interprets the urban theme through a poetic and almost dreamlike vision, in which the vehicle emerges from a rarefied and suspended landscape.
The scene is dominated by a small vintage car, rendered with rapid, vibrant strokes, advancing along a barely visible road. Around it, stylized trees and undefined shapes dissolve into a dense, pulsating chromatic material, constructed through glazes, abrasions, and layerings of color. The palette, played on earthy tones of red, brown and ochre, is enlivened by bright green accents that animate the centre of the composition.
