The Cemetery Bridge (Ponte dei morti) 1906

Fabio Mauroner made this etching called ‘The Cemetery Bridge’ without a specified date. It looks like he might have been standing on a bridge or shoreline, maybe even floating on a boat, when he looked out at the scene. He then translated all that he saw onto a copper or zinc plate using acid. I'm wondering if he was thinking about Whistler, or maybe even Canaletto, while he was making this. You can see the influence of their mark-making in his etching technique, how he’s using the thinnest of lines to suggest the reflections in the water. I find myself wondering what Mauroner might have been feeling as he created this piece. Was he focused on capturing the specific details of the landscape, or was he more interested in conveying a particular mood or atmosphere? For me, it's more about the mood. It's a subtle and serene meditation on light, space, and memory. Artists are always having conversations with each other and their predecessors, riffing off of each other's work, and adding their own unique perspective.