- GIUSEPPE MIGNECO ARTWORKS

- GIUSEPPE MIGNECO PAINTER

Joseph Migneco, born in 1903 in Messina, was a Italian painter one of the greatest expressionists of the twentieth century.

After completing his classical studies in his hometown, he moved to Milan in 1931, where he began studying medicine. While he keeps working as a draftsman for the Courier of the little ones and as a retoucher for the publisher Rizzoli, Giuseppe Migneco approaches art and begins to paint pictures with an autobiographical content.

However, the turning point in his career occurred in 1934, when he came into contact with Aligi Sassu, Renato Birolli It is Raffaele De Grada, artists who enchant him. In 1937, Giuseppe Migneco is among the founders of the artistic movement Chain, which brings together artists from different cultural experiences, united by the goal of opening Italian culture to modern European culture, rejecting the isolation imposed by the fascist regime. Over time, Corrente sees the adhesion of artists with very different artistic visions, initially united by the desire to overcome the pictorial canons of the past, but subsequently each takes their own path.

After the Second World War, Giuseppe Migneco developed his interest in social realism influenced by Mexican mural painters. An admirer of his defines it wood carver sculpting with a brush, emphasizing his ability to represent the world with strong and lively colors, which recall his Sicilian land characterized by violent and clear strokes. The hard and courageous faces present in his paintings represent the expression of the existential struggle, of the constant confrontation with humanity and with the events that surround it, in the search for freedom and memory beyond the absurd solitude of existence.

In the 1950s, Giuseppe Migneco's fame was further consolidated and he was recognized as one of the masters of Italian contemporary art. He exhibits in prestigious national and international galleries, including Gothenburg, Boston, Paris, Stuttgart, New York, Amsterdam, Hamburg and Zurich. He participates in numerous editions of the Venice International Art Exhibition and the Rome Quadrennial. Giuseppe Migneco's painting is characterized by the use of bright colors and a strong emotional expression. His paintings represent the harshness of human life, fighting against pain and fatigue. His works are permeated by a sense of existential struggle and a deep introspection, expressing the awareness and hope of freedom and memory.

Giuseppe Migneco died in Milan in 1997, leaving behind a significant artistic legacy. His expressionist painting and his sincere commitment have made his paintings powerful testimonies of the human condition and the search for meaning in existence.