* artists illustrating boys fashions: Renato Guttuso








Renato Guttuso (Italy, 1911-87)



Figure 1.--This painting depicted a scene from Gettuso's Sicilian homeland (1953). It shows the workers in the Sicilian sulfur mines. In the same year a press report on the Sicilian mines showed that there were still boys working there.

Renato Guttuso was a modern Italian artist. He was born in Bagheria, close to Palermo, Sicily (1911). He nobed to Rome (1937) and largely worked there. He engaged in a range of artistic acticities. He did sets and costumes for Histoire du Soldat (1940) and llustrations for books. His illustratiins for Elizabeth David’s Italian Food (1954) introduced him outside of Italy. Guttuso was a fervent anti-Fascist. He joined the Communist party (1940) which was banned by Italy's Fascist Government. He become an active participant in the partisan struggle which rise up after the Allied invasion (1943). After World War II, Guttuso created the Italian Communist Party's official logo. We note a painting bond to his homeland (1953). It shows the workers in the Sicilian sulfur mines. In the same year a press report on the Sicilian mines showed that there were still boys working there. One art historian describes Gurrusp as developing 'out of Expressionism and the harsh light of his native land to paint landscapes and social commentary.' [Hamilton] We have always wondered hoe an artist can be a Communist given that artists in Communist countries are not free to create freely. And they have to conform to the dictates of the Party in subject matter, depivtion, and style. Is that really acceptable to artists like Guttuso? It is notable that Communist countries have produced relatively little great art. An important part of art is social commentary like the suloher mine, yet Communist countries do not permit seriius citicism of their society.








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