Pastel on paper mounted on board
Dimensions: 45x35 cm
in frame 73x62
Portraits of young women are a theme dear to the artist; in this case, the model is depicted in a moment of reflection, looking downwards with dishevelled hair, presenting all her youthful beauty.
Dino Decca
Born in 1935.
His love for painting began at the age of 14, when he attended industrial schools.
He spent his adolescence with his family in Flero, in the province of Brescia, where they moved after the war.
His passion for life was rivaled only by his passion for art; he himself stated in an interview, when asked what place art held: "The first.
There is nothing outside of art.
If one dedicates oneself to it with passion, it is the only creed."
His work is characterized by portraits of women, depictions of the elderly and their solitude, faithful dog friends, landscapes from his seaside days in Abruzzo, and still lifes painted from observation of nature's fruits.
The Parisian experience was a pivotal stage in the painter's career. A career that began early with fundamental masters like Emilio Pasini, Domenico Lucchetti, and Emilio Rizzi from Cremona, continued with studies at the Paolo Tosci Higher Institute of Art in Parma, and was honed from 1959 onwards through teaching at state middle schools. It culminated between the 1960s and 1970s with exhibitions, awards, courses for the AAB, and the Flero school which the painter opened in 1985 and where his legacy is still carried forward.
However, his most significant artistic cycles were undoubtedly the French ones, launched in Paris in the prestigious Bernheim-Jeune Gallery, in the heart of the capital, on Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the spring of 1972, leading him to open a studio in the "La Défense" district.
Decca was acclaimed in Paris, and his skill attracted the interest of prominent figures who began commissioning portraits and fostering relationships of friendship and mutual esteem. We are talking about the Princes of Orléans, the actress Michele Morgan, the famous hairdresser Alexander, and many others.
He died in 2005
