SEASONS IN THE WORKS OF GAM

WINTER

Snow, which is one of the hallmarks of this season and which fascinates the artists so much, is not a typical element of the Sicilian landscape in the landscape painting of the artists of this gallery.

Michele Catti, Porta Nuova, 1908, oil on canvas

However, in Michele Catti’s work, Porta Nuova, a thick fog covers the garden of Villa Bonanno. The people represented wear heavy clothes which could refer to the final part of autumn as a season, the one closest to the winter solstice.