Artefact Type:

painting

Description:

Triptych developing the theme 'The battle for Wheat', set as the official theme for the conservative Fascist Cremona prize in 1940, which the artist won with this artwork. Typical example of conservative, late fascist art.

Current Location:

Museo Civico "Ala Ponzone", Cremona

Technique(s):

Mural on plaster applied to masonite

Size:

cm 239 x 434

Notes:

Won Premio Cremona in 1940

Artist(s):

Pietro Gaudenzi

Creation Start Date :

1940

Theme(s) :

Mural Art
Novecento
Public art

Tag(s) :

Urbanism
Monumentalism
Corporativism
State art
Totalitarian art
New Man
Consensus
Sacralization
Totalitarian realism
Muralism
Statalization
Hegemony
Totalitarian consent
Aesthetic system or apparatus