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Bather (Grande Bagnante III)

By Emilio Greco
Category: Sculpture

About

Bather is one of the seven large bathers that are among the major works of Greco, who has become one of the 20th century’s most distinguished Italian artists. He gained international acclaim at the 1956 Venice Biennale for one of his statues in the Bather series. The figure is soft and fleshy, in contrast to the hard, smooth qualities of the bronze. This sense of a wholesome, life-like figure is only enhanced by the movement and vitality of her stance.

For more information visit the Missouri Botanical Gardens website.

Dimensions: 72″
Year Completed: 1987
Material: Bronze
Owner: Missouri Botanical Garden


About the artist:

Emilio Greco

1913-1995

Born in Sicily in 1913, Emilio Greco began drawing on walls and modeling clay as a child and quit school at the age of thirteen to become an apprentice to a marble mason who carved monuments. While still in the army, he joined the Academy in Palermo and later went to Rome, where in 1946 he had his first solo show. The subject of over twenty-five solo exhibitions throughout Europe and abroad, Greco has received many awards, and is represented in a number of important collections.