A Life Painted in Light and Shadow Gino Rossi (1884–1947) remains one of the most poignant figures of the early 20th-century Italian avant-garde, a painter whose canvas served as a mirror to both the shimmering beauty of the Mediterranean and the profound depths of human suffering. Born in the luminous atmosphere of Venice, Rossi’s early years were steeped in a tradition of Impressionist light, yet his spirit possessed an inherent res…