Il Guardiano
Print
1958 (made)
1958 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Bruno Caruso (1927-2018) was a Sicilian artist who began painting at a young age, making copies of Renaissance masters. His first collection of drawings, 'A Study Of Disaster', was created in response to the horrors of the Second World War which ended when the artist was just 18 years old. Travelling around France, Austria and Germany in the immediate postwar period, he was inspired greatly by George Grosz, creating his second collection of works entitled 'Deutschland uber alles'. A lifetime of left-wing campaigning followed, using his art as a tool to rail against political corruption and inequality. He was a vocal supporter of Communism and crossed paths with an extraordinary array of 20th century revolutionary leaders and thinkers including Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, and Jean-Paul Sartre.
Object details
| Category | |
| Object type | |
| Title | Il Guardiano (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph |
| Brief description | 'Il Guardiano', lithograph by Bruno Caruso, 1958 |
| Physical description | Lithograph, The title translate to 'The Guardian.' A man in a shirt and tie stands next to a wall and some wooden scaffold stuctures (possibly) with his hands in his pockets. |
| Summary | Bruno Caruso (1927-2018) was a Sicilian artist who began painting at a young age, making copies of Renaissance masters. His first collection of drawings, 'A Study Of Disaster', was created in response to the horrors of the Second World War which ended when the artist was just 18 years old. Travelling around France, Austria and Germany in the immediate postwar period, he was inspired greatly by George Grosz, creating his second collection of works entitled 'Deutschland uber alles'. A lifetime of left-wing campaigning followed, using his art as a tool to rail against political corruption and inequality. He was a vocal supporter of Communism and crossed paths with an extraordinary array of 20th century revolutionary leaders and thinkers including Malcolm X, Ho Chi Minh, and Jean-Paul Sartre. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from Departmental Circulation Register 1959 |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | CIRC.336-1959 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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