Composizione, cromatismo, spazi. Il "metodo" Manlio Rho

[Autom. eng. transl.] The essay investigates the peculiarities of Manlio Rho's abstract painting, bringing out the "method" through which he came to define that balance of color and harmony of the forms present in his compositions. "His most important paintings - wrote Mario Radice presenting his friend's work at the Venice Biennale - reflect the happy moment, the first instant in everything that was chaotic suddenly appears ordered, what was sooty becomes clear and clear, what was turbid, confused and intricate manifests itself for the first time crisp, clear, simple and serene while suggesting how it was in the previous stage, during gestation (…). This harmony does not appear to be an end in itself (...), it appears to be the most important means of communication between the author and the viewer ". The modality through which Rho comes to define the clarity and balance of the composition is not based only on the geometric rule, but also on the study of the masterpieces of the past, of the painting of the masters of European abstractionism and also on the practice of applied arts. , primarily the design for fabric.