From Bagheria

Autograph postcard signed by Renato Guttuso to the Countess Pecci-Blunt . On the front, there is a black and white reproduction of a landscape of Bagheria. On the back, there is a stamp, two postmarks, a brief autograph message of greetings   and the Italian artist's original signature in black ink. From the postmarks, the date and the place of shipment can be read. Bagheria, April 24th 1936 . Excellent conditions, with some little stains on the back.

Renato Guttuso (Bagheria, Sicily, 1911 – Rome, 1987) wrote this postcard from his native Sicilian town, Bagheria, perhaps he was on holiday.  In 1936, the same year of this postcard, the talented artist had to leave for military service in Milan, where he had the opportunity to meet Manzù, Birolli, Fontana, Antonio Banfi. In this fervid environment, his social art took shape from a moral and political engagement more and more evident in artworks like “Fucilazione in Campagna ” 1937, “Fuga dall’Etna”, “Vucciria” , finally consecrated in the maximum expression of  Social Realism  like in “La Spiaggia ” (1955) and “ Carretti in Bagheria” (1956). One year after this postcard, he moved to Rome where he got closer to artists like Birolli, Fontana and Persico.