Renato Guttuso (1911-1987) - Bacco

Artist: Renato Guttuso (Renato Guttuso), Italian, 1911–1987
Title of the work: Bacchus
Period: 1980
Technique / support: print on paper, indicated as P.A. (Prova d’Artista) with hand coloring/polychrome
Style: Italian 20th-century expressive figurativism, mythological subject
Dimensions: 70 × 50 cm
Shipped unframed. Shipped within the European Union.
The frame visible in the photo is included as a courtesy and is not an integral part of the work.
Signed bottom right
Edition: Prova d’Artista (P.A.);
Provenance: certified by “Effe & Effe per la diffusione dell’arte”, Rome (certificate dated 19/05/1981)
Work formerly owned by a single owner, generally in good condition.

The link between Renato Guttuso and the figure of Bacchus is twofold. On one hand, the Neorealist painter created an iconic work titled Bacchus, characterized by his distinctive expressionist style. On the other hand, the artist is known for celebrating conviviality, wine flasks, and the Mediterranean still life, which evoke the ancient myth of the god of wine. He reinterprets the mythological figure in a modern and visceral key, merging it with the popular and rural culture of his Sicily.