Student in Brera since 1900 Angelo Barabino leaves the Milanese academy in 1903 to continue his apprenticeship in direct contact with Giuseppe Pellizza The proximity to Pellizza during the last years of his human and professional parable allows the young Tortonese to witness the genesis of a series of masterpieces of the master's maturity including Rising Sun in particular. Barabino's sun follows the approach of the master of Volpedo in the choice of a square support, which exploits symmetry to develop a composition of extreme simplicity and great visual impact. If Pellizza's work is uniformly divided into three parallel bands, that of the sky and the two planes of the linear landscape in robust backlight, to determine a rigorous construction that abstracts from any narrative, Barabino's painting places the jagged horizon more in low, to establish a balanced relationship between heaven and earth harmonized through more delicate and suffused tones. The very fine and fragmented brushstroke, which recreates a realistic glare effect through the diligent combination of the chromatic components of the light, is however far from the meticulous scientific nature of the Volpedese, and is oriented towards a freer and more personal divisionism without excluding expressive connotations.