Tag: riomaggiore

February 2021.











The Ligurian coastline is possibly the most iconic in Italy. In addition to being extremely scenic and beautiful in its own right, the coast of the Cinque Terre is home to some incredible geology, the sharp jagged rocks are characteristic of this coast.





This is my painting of the rocks at Riomaggiore. 





  • Rocks, Riomaggiore. 40cm x 50cm. Oil on panel.
Many writers and poets have stayed along the coast of the Gulf of La Spezia. Riomaggiore, the first village of the Cinque Terre was an accessable and important place in the painting world in the 19th century. Riomaggiore inspired the Florentine painter Telemaco Signorini.

Sea and alleyways, light and shadow. The dark and narrow streets, the lashes of the sun  between the rooftops, the melancholy of the steep stairways, the quiet small piazzas, the bright colourful houses. Riomaggiore has it all.  It was thanks to these characteristics that Riomaggiore ended up playing a fundamental role in defining the Macchiaioli school.





Below is the view he painted of the harbour during the end of the 19th century. 





  • Telemaco Signorini, Riomaggiore (1892-1894)










  • Gwen, 4cm x 45cm, oil on panel.





                             My studio companion, Gwen.

			

			
				


	
	






	
	

		
The Beach in Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre.
	


	

		
This is one of the beaches in Cinque Terre, in the village of Riomaggiore as you turn left by the harbour.  its only access is a narrow pathway carved out of rock which brings you to a very hot and stony beach! Both an uncomfortable painting and sunbathing spot, I suppose you have to suffer if you need a suntan or a painting. Painted out of season in November there were less tourists in the Cinque Terre but still the sun was quite hot.


La Spiaggia a Riomaggiore, novembre.
The Beach in Riomaggiore, Cinque Terre.  Oil on board, 20cm x 30cm.