Emvin Cremona
Emanuel Vincent "Emvin" Cremona | |
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Born | Malta | 27 May 1919
Died | 29 January 1987 | (aged 67)
Nationality | Maltese |
Known for | Artist and stamp designer |
Spouse | Lilian Gatt |
Children | 4 |
Emanuel Vincent "Emvin" Cremona (27 May 1919 – 29 January 1987) was a Maltese artist and stamp designer. He is regarded as one of the best Maltese artists of the 20th century.[
Emanuel Vincent Cremona - his Christian names were informally shortened to Emvin from birth - was born in Valletta on May 27, 1919. Up to 1936 he attended the Scuola Umberto I for his formal education. In 1933, he was taken to Rome where he was overwhelmed by the experience. Later he attended the School of Art, finding himself in a class that composed Willie Apap, Anton Inglott, Esprit Barthet, and Victor Diacono. Their teachers were Edward Caruana Dingli and Carmenu Mangion, both of a mixed classicist and Romantic temperament.[3]
At an early age, Cremona used to participate in the annual shows of the Malta Amateur Art Association. In 1937 he competed for the Government scholarship, placing third after Willie Apap and Anton Inglott. He went to Rome for a course of studies at the Regia Accademia di Belle Arti under Carlo Siviero between 1938 and 1940. In Rome he felt a closeness, a spiritual kinship to Anton Inglott. The two young artists were still in Rome just before Italy entered the war in 1940 but they returned to Malta together on the last boat to reach the island in peacetime.
In 1945 he won the
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References
- ^ "Emvin Cremona: (1919 – 1987) pittur". schoolnet.gov.mt. Archived from the original on 3 June 2016.
- ^ Reljic, Teodor (14 September 2016). "The reduced masterpieces of Emvin Cremona". Malta Today. Archived from the original on 15 September 2016.
- ^ Agius, Joseph (30 April 2020). "The Maltese artist who broke glass". Times of Malta. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Fenech, Victor, ed. (1991). Malta: Six Modern Artists. Malta University Services Ltd. pp. 73–76.