Rubaldo Merello
(Isolato, Sondrio,
1872 - Santa Margherita
Ligure 1922)
He was self
taught. After some experiences in sculpture, at the
beginning of 1900, he addresed to painting, fed with
symbolist and liberty impressions, while moving towards the
style of Divisionists, among which he had friends such as
Nomellini and Grubicy. From the example of Nomellini,
derived the Decorativism and the utmost chromatism of Rubaldo
Merello, known above all for his vivid landscape from
Liguria, in which landscapes he achieves outcomes at the
limits of naturalistic representation, making the brush sign
so living to substitute the given objective. He was keen on
solitary research, in direct contact with nature, and he
gave the Divisionism a personal interpretation, based
above all on the chromatic arrangement, to which he
subordinated any other need of the performance.