Artefacts

Il grano

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.

Size:
cm 239 x 434
Creation Start Date:
1940
Artist:
> Pietro Gaudenzi
Current Location:
> Museo Civico "Ala Ponzone"
Current Location:
> Cremona
Technique:
> Mural on plaster applied to masonite

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

Themes:

Mural Art Novecento Public art