Artefact Type:

painting

Description:

The most famous painting by Guttuso, depicting an unorthodox, distorted and unholy crucifixion which scandalised the Vatican at the time. Standing out as an oppositional artist and intellectual, Guttuso claimed he wanted to represent the agony of Christ as a symbol of all those who were enduring torment and persecution because of their ideas.

Current Location:

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome

Technique(s):

Oil on canvas

Size:

cm 200 x 200

Notes:

Received second prize at Bergamo prize in 1942

Artist(s):

Renato Guttuso

Creation Start Date :

1941

Tag(s) :

Cultural modernity
Autonomy
Bourgeois intellectual
Dissent
Consensus
Collectivity
Intellectual engagement
Cultural critique

Theme(s) :

Theatre of the grotesque