The essential Morandi, in pictures and words Giorgio Morandi's (1890-1964) steady pursuit of a poetic vision in still-life and landscape painting (as well as engravings and etchings) has secured him a singular and revered position in the history of modern art. While drawing on the achievements of Giotto, C?zanne, the metaphysical painters and the Cubists, Morandi's work finally resembles no one else's, and quietly defies...