Renato Guttuso
(1911 - 1987)
 

Aldo Renato Guttuso was an Italian painter and politician. He is considered to be among the most important Italian artists of the 20th century and is among the key figures of Italian expressionism. His art is characterized by social and political commentary, and as a member of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) he became its senator for two legislatures, from 1976 to 1983, during Enrico Berlinguer's secretariat.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renato_Guttuso

Self-Portrait
1936
Oil on canvas
49 x 60,5 cm
Gallery of Modern Art “Empedocle Restivo”, Palermo, Italy

This self-portrait by Renato Guttuso belongs to a new season of his production, rich of stimuli and characterised by a strong and profound emphasis on colours. After having returned to Milan, the Sicilian master made a shift in his viewpoint: from a close-up, oblique perspective, he takes on the traditional pose of a ‘gloomy’ person, face in hand, a scorn cigarette hanging idly from his mouth, his gaze piercing and intense.

Portrait of Alberto Moravia
Posted on July the 14th