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By Emilio Greco
Category: Sculpture
About
This is one of the seven large Bathers that are among the major works of Emilio Greco, 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. This figure is rougher and less feminine than the Greco housed in the Missouri Botanical Garden, but it is no less energetic and dynamic.
Dimensions: 67″
Year Completed: 1957
Material: Bronze
Owner: Chesterfield Arts
Donor: Gift of Sachs Fund
About the artist:
Emilio Greco
Artist Bio: 1913-1995
Born in Sicily, 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 one-person 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.
