Renato Guttuso - Hands

Renato Guttuso's subjects are always inspired by a neorealism aimed at the working classes. Social themes in art began to gain prominence towards the mid-19th century, coinciding with the spread of the social question in various European societies. The work of painters such as Millet and Daumier, for example, favored subjects related to life in the fields, factory work, or strikes.

Even in a unique painting like this, focused on the image of hands, one can appreciate the full pictorial quality of a master like Renato Guttuso. Specifically, we can appreciate the exaltation of plasticity, one of the defining characteristics of the Sicilian painter's language. His distinctive, black, bold strokes create a solid, volumetric structure that establishes its own space in depth. The artist then intervenes, using his own elaborate pictorial technique. The brushstrokes are arranged on different planes to create a multifaceted surface that further enhances the plasticity. Guttuso manages to combine, in his artistic work, a great realism, evident in the precision and characterization of details, with a strong modern spirit.

Renato Guttuso, born in Bagheria in 1911 and died in Rome in 1987, was a painter deeply involved in politics and social issues. His artistic commitment stemmed from his socialist ideals and his outrage over social injustice and abuses of power. He participated in the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti group, developing a Realist-Expressionist style of painting and developing his "social art." Guttuso's most important works, expressing his Neorealist art, were masterpieces such as Ficilazione in Campagna (Fucilation in the Countryside) and Fuga dall'Etna (Escape from Etna). He was also elected senator twice, in 1976 and 1979, for the Italian Communist Party.

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