Biography
Guttuso (1911-1987) is one of Italy's most widely respected modern painters. Toward the end of the 1930s his powerful brand of expressionist realism vividly conveyed the angst of a generation which wanted its art to reflect and engage with the urgency of contemporary life.Rejecting both the formalism of abstract painting and the naturalism advocated by those on the far right of Fascism's cultural establishment, Guttuso played a key role in forging a style that would go on to dominate Italian art during the immediate post-war years.Born in Sicily, he began to paint at an early age, receiving encouragement from his father, a committed Socialist. His first assured works of the late 1920s revealed the influence of the then dominant Novecento style, favoured by the Fascist regime for its ability to both embrace modernity and evoke tradition. However, after moving to Rome in 1937, he aligned himself with artists of a more expressionist tendency, and developed a highly personal style combining elements drawn from various sources including Van Gogh, Picasso and the Mexican muralists.
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