Pinacoteca De Vita, Chiaramonte Gulfi

It consists of works donated by the De Vita family, at the explicit wish of the Maestro, to the Chiaramontana community. The collection is distributed in some rooms of the ancient Montesano palace, whose noble architectural profiles are somehow exalted by that pictorial symposium.

The techniques of tempera and watercolor prevail, in which the Maestro poured a significant part of his art. But the oil on canvas technique also characterizes a valuable aspect of the Chiaramontana collection. The works “Idyllic”, “A Cluster of Illusions”, “The Lighthouse” are in oil on canvas. The oil technique is also used for the works “Harmonies of Forms”, “Fervor of Study”, “Nest”, “Portrait of the Sister”, “Golgotha”, all in one room.

The exhibited works are a sign of a production with a subtle, delicate, but clear identity, almost territorial, recurring in much painting that reveals unmistakable Iblean “debts”, which Maestro De Vita interprets with inimitable fullness.