Emilio Greco - The Tennis Player

Portraiture is one of the most widespread artistic expressions, especially in painting, but also in sculpture, throughout the ages. Portraiture is, first and foremost, a description of the subject depicted, an attempt to capture their physiognomy and individual characteristics truthfully and naturally. With the progressive evolution of artistic research, the physiognomic description of the subject has also been accompanied by a psychological one. Therefore, over the centuries, portraiture has also become a means of introspective investigation of the subject, their character, and their state of mind. The processes of abstraction brought about by contemporary art have contributed to this type of investigation.

A beautiful silkscreen print that demonstrates Emilio Greco's technique not only as a sculptor, but also in his graphic works. Here, we can appreciate how the artist uses a blend of thin, wavy linearity and intricate hatching to delineate volumes and shadows. The image thus appears pared-back, yet possesses great expressive power and visual impact.

Emilio Greco was a Catanian artist born in 1913. Primarily engaged in sculpture, he was also a writer and illustrator. His work focused primarily on the female nude. His Bathers series and female portraits are famous. For a time, he taught at the Carrara Academy and achieved fame with the monument to Pinocchio and the Fairy, created in 1956 for the town of Collodi.

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