Migneco, Giuseppe (Messina 1903-Milano 1997)

Tempera on paper applied to cardboard 28X22 cm Signed lower right Migneco. Provenance Gallery of Contemporary Art 70 of Messina. Work without a frame. Giuseppe Migneco was born in Messina in 1903 but moved to Milan in 1931. There he studied medicine and earned his living by drawing sketches for the "Corriere dei Piccoli" and doing the retoucher by Rizzoli. In 1937 he founded the "Corrente" movement with other artists (Vedova, Guttuso, Sassu, Manzù, etc), all with a different vision of art but united by the idea of an open art and which rejects the cultural isolation desired by fascist culture. The social realism that characterizes his art is evident in the bright colors of his land, in the violent features and hard faces of his characters. He has been called a "wood carver who carves with a brush".