Artefact Type:

painting

Description:

One of Sironi's paintings on the theme of the family. Set in a rural environment, the representation of the family (made up of a man, a woman and a child) is ahistorical, with archetypical figures. In the typical style of Sironi, the bodies are monumental and anti-realistic.

Current Location:

Villa Necchi, Milan

Technique(s):

Oil on canvas

Size:

cm 167 x 210

Notes:

Presented at 1932 18th Vennice Biennal

Artist(s):

Mario Sironi

Creation Start Date :

1932

Theme(s) :

Novecento

Tag(s) :

State art
Totalitarian art
New Man
Sacralization
Totalitarian realism
Muralism