Emilio Greco
Emilio Greco | |
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Born | Catania, Sicily, Italy | 11 October 1913
Died | 4 April 1995 Rome, Italy | (aged 81)
Nationality | Italian |
Known for | sculpture |
Emilio Greco (11 October 1913 – 4 April 1995) was an Italian sculptor, engraver,
Life
Greco was born in Catania, Sicily. In his early twenties he moved to Rome where he was drafted in the army and served in Albania. At the end of World War II, he had a studio in Villa Massimo in 1947. In 1958, he had a solo show at the Palazzo Barberini, and in 1959 a solo show at the Stadtische Galerie, Munich.[2] His most important exhibitions: in 1961 the Musée Rodin in Paris, and a one-man show at the Shirokjia Foundation in Tokyo; 1962 Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris; 1963 Fondaçao Calouste Goubelkian, Lisbon, and Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; 1965 "XXIV Biennale Nazionale d'Arte" Milan; 1966 National Gallery of Victoria Melbourne and National Gallery of South Australia; 1970 Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrara; 1971 a one-man show at the "Italienische Kulterinstitut" in Vienna, repeated at the Musée Rodin in Paris; 1972 Gendai Chokokusenta in Osaka, then to the Modern Art Museums of Kobe, to Yamaguchi, Hiroshima, Kyoto and Mitsukoshi. In 1991 the Museo Emilio Greco was inaugurated in Orvieto at the Palazzo Soliano. It contains his principal works. Since July 1992 the Museo Nazionale d'Abruzzo of L'Aquila has a room dedicated to Greco. In 2013 the Estorick Collection in London, Palazzo Braschi Museum in Rome and Fondazione Carichieti in Chieti, at Palazzo de’ Mayo, organised a solo exhibition to mark the centenary of Emilio Greco's birth.
Emilio Greco died in Rome, Italy.[3]
Works
Establishing an international reputation, Greco went on to exhibit extensively and also received very important commissions during his career. His notable works include
The drawings for his Pinocchio are in the collection of the
Literary activity
Greco's collection of short stories and verse "Lo Jonio Corrusco Di Vento" with his own illustrations was published in 1980.[8]
Selected works
- Seated wrestler, 1947.
- Monument to Pinocchio, 1953.
- Anna, 1954
- Large Bather No. 1, Bronze, 1956, Tate.
- Bather No. 2, 1956–57.
- Eiko, 1968, Matsuoka Museum of Art.
- "Estrellita", Bronze, 1972, Museo Greco, Orvieto.
- Laura, Bronze, 1973, Hiroshima Museum of Art.
- Nereid (Crouching Figure No.4), 1973.
- Bullfight, 1979.
References
- ^ Emilio Greco 1913–1995 Tate, 2013. Retrieved 26 September 2013. Archived here.
- ^ "MODO - Museo Opera del Duomo di Orvieto: Emilio Greco. Notes on his life".
- ^ Emilio Greco in: britannica.com, retrieved 6 March 2014.
- ^ "Parco di Pinocchio: La Fata e Pinocchio" (in Italian). Site web of Pinocchio Park. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
- ^ Emilio Greco in www.britannica.com
- ISBN 1134758766.
- ^ "Emilio Greco". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ Emilio Greco "Lo Jonio Corrusco Di Vento" - Apsa, Rome 1980