Reviews
“In this theme I sense the spirit of Renoir—always detached from mere description. A judgment of high chromatic awareness and a refined, almost transcendent haze.”
Rontini
“One could call him a post‑Impressionist painter: luminous brushstrokes that, in places, break apart in order to adhere ever more closely to an optical impression…”
Giovanni March
His painting preserves a soft solidity and a thickness of matter that becomes poetry—clarity of color and an inexhaustible love for life.
From Il Telegrafo, 1971
An increasingly compelling painter: he makes the breath of nature vibrate and turns it into image, with a refined, essential imagination.
Marcello Carli – writer
Coherent and new, his work shows a path toward inner introspection and a sincere, spontaneous language—an artist whose painting and life remain in harmony.
Luigi Bernardi
Giuntini’s works keep a tone rooted in nature, yet warmed by a personal lyricism: a balance of color and atmosphere that reveals both artistic and human sensitivity.
Simone Bolla
Presenting Giuntini means facing a rich and complex painterly world: memory and invention, light and matter, everyday truth and poetic elevation. What dominates is a generous, luminous gaze—an artist with a special gift for all things: love.
Francesco Giuntini, from Livorno, seems to let the memory of French painting and the Mediterranean spirit coexist, moving from landscape to figure with a natural ease and an intimate feeling for “popular” life.
Franco Peroni, art critic. For the solo show at Galleria Boccadasse, Genoa, 1981.
“A recent exhibition closes at ‘Il Gabbiano’ Gallery in Florence: canvases where drawing and color converge, and the confident technique supports an excellent pictorial result.”
Paolo Salvi, Pan (monthly art & culture magazine), Florence, 1982.
Encountering Giuntini’s paintings, one immediately senses a strong and persuasive value: figures and volumes are held by a softened line, while color builds a vivid, personal atmosphere—far from easy effects and mere commercialism.
Alberto Scotti, writer, Rome, 19 January 1982
Strong in sign and color, Giuntini’s production shines with its own light: reality becomes fable, and the texture and chromatic range shift with great freedom.
Laura Carli, Pan (monthly art & culture magazine), Florence, 1982.
Giuntini’s Livorno roots remain present: a Mediterranean temperament that blends memory and vision, and an attentive study of the most intimate “popular” resources.
Felice Ballero, art critic of “Il Corriere Mercantile”. From the brochure for the solo show in Florence (Galleria “Il Gabbiano”), November 1982.
“20 Italian painters in Canada, 120 works shown in three exhibitions”
A major representation of Italian figurative art recently made its way to Canada: exhibitions that highlighted different voices and confirmed Giuntini’s affinity with European painting while preserving a distinct personal tone.
The three exhibitions drew the attention of a large public and received visits from authorities and cultural figures.
From “Corriere della Valtellina”, 24 July 1982
“Giuntini’s Neo‑Impressionism”: in these days the ‘Galleria dell’angolo’ hosts a show where light, color and atmosphere become the true protagonists, enhancing the gifts we have received from nature.
Giuntini and the sea: beyond storms, he often chooses calm—light and hope as the central message.
From La Nazione (Cecina), 1984
“Francesco Giuntini: what kind of reality?”
In his figures and scenes, reality changes with the hour and the gaze: each subject reveals multiple aspects. Giuntini’s painting develops a discourse already rich in interest, where observation, feeling and composition meet in a coherent vision.
Vincenzo Subitosi, from the brochure for the solo show “Variations on the Real”, Galleria “Casabella”, Santa Margherita Ligure, August 1985.