Earthquake Victim by Saverio Terruso Drawing Contemporary Art

Earthquake

Code :  ARTCON0000768

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Earthquake Victim by Saverio Terruso Drawing Contemporary Art

Earthquake

Code :  ARTCON0000768

not available

Earthquake Victim by Saverio Terruso Drawing Contemporary Art - Earthquake

Features

Earthquake

Artist:  Saverio Terruso (1939-2003)

Artwork title:  Terremotata

Age:  Contemporary

Subject:  Human Figures

Artistic technique:  Drawing

Technical specification:  Pastel and Tempera

Description : Terremotata

Tempera on paper. Signature, title and dedication on the back. Saverio Terruso is a Mediterranean painter culturally and emotionally attached to Sicily - his land of origin. He counts a wide rage of paintings among his production that convey the authentic fascination for a rural world which is about to disappear definitively. His paintings depict mostly rural characters such as farmers wearing the coppola working or eating in a restaurant or melancholic women wearing their scarves during the daily activities or processions. His painting technique is characterized by dramatic tones with strong deforming tensions and very bright contrasting colors. The drawing is very dramatic both in its colors and shapes with the aim to convey the strong emotion of the tragic event it recalls (an earthquake). In frame.

Product Condition:
Very good condition. Wear consistent with age and use. It may have been restored by an expert.

Frame Size (cm):
Height: 74
Width: 94
Depth: 4

Artwork dimensions (cm):
Height: 60
Width: 80

Additional Information

Artist: Saverio Terruso (1939-2003)

Born in Monreale in 1939, Saverio Terruso attended the Palermo School of Art and then moved to Milan, where he attended painting courses at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. In 1963, with a series of personal and collective exhibitions throughout Italy, his artistic growth began, which saw him work with artists such as Guttuso, Sassu, Fiume. He taught painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo and at the Academy of Carrara. Since 1979 he has held the chair of painting at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. Starting from 1985 he staged a series of exhibitions in the main Brazilian cities, Rio de Janeiro, Brasilia, Sao Paulo, Porto Alegre with great success. In the same period, Terruso's painting was also appreciated in the United States, where he exhibited in 1991 in New York and in Florida, and in 1992 in Santa Monica, California. A large traveling exhibition was organized in 1994, in various cities in Mexico. In 2000, an important exhibition was inaugurated at the Trigram Gallery in Hong Kong, the only Western artist, who was also invited to hold a conference. His artistic production is notable, his works can be found in the most prestigious public and private, national and international collections; produces graphics with Italian art print shops, his last two made in Palermo. Terruso died on March 3, 2003.

Age: Contemporary

Contemporary

Subject: Human Figures

Artistic technique: Drawing

Il disegno è il processo di tracciare segni su una superficie tramite l'applicazione di una pressione o il trascinamento di un apposito strumento sulla superficie. Gli strumenti sono: matite in grafite o colorate, penna, pennelli fini con inchiostro, pastelli a cera o carboncini; i supporti tradizionali più frequenti sono carta, cartoncino, tavola, muro, tela, rame, vetro.

Technical specification: Pastel and Tempera

The pastel is a drawing technique that uses sticks of colored pigment. The percentage of the binder (glue or wax) is reduced to a minimum to ensure adhesion of the pigment to the sheet. The color is so pure and bright; this characteristic is enhanced by using paper more or less rough. To ensure an increased adhesion of the colored powders to the paper, the drawing can be sprayed with a fixative, which decreases, however, the vividness of colors. A pastel drawing can be properly preserved under glass to protect it from moisture and dust.
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