(Milan 1852 - 1917)
GOLGOTA o DRAMMA UMANO o BUFERA , c. 1892
Etching, (acquaforte monotipata), c. 1892; a fine impression of the only state, skillfully printed with grayish ink. With the artist's signature LConconi in the surface tone, signed in black chalk LConconi at bottom right. With large margins. To the platemark 235 x 323 mm, the entire sheet measuring 323 x 432 mm. See M. Bianchi, G. Ginex, Luigi Conconi incisore, Milan, 1994; cat. no. 35.
Conconi studied architecture at the Accademia di Brera and the Politecnico di Milano. He came into contact with members of the literary and artistic circles of the Scapigliatura – the Italian equivalent of the French Bohème– notably Tranquillo Cremona and Daniele Ranzoni, both of whom influenced his early paintings. In the 1880s Conconi moved from the Realism of Scapigliatura toward Symbolism. The awards he received in Paris in 1900 and Munich in 1913 led to his international recognition.
Conconi, who personally saw to the production of virtually all his plates, was the leading exponent in Lombardy of Acquaforte monotipata. This technique involved the artist drawing directly onto the ink covering the plate, prior to pulling the impression. In this way each resultant print has different characteristics.
