Public Art Details
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Artist: Emilio Greco
Region: Chesterfield
Location: Hilltown Village Center in front of Gianfabio Restaurant
Address: 127 Hilltown Village Ctr., Chesterfield, MO 63017
Artist Bio:
1913 - 1995
Dimensions: 67" high
Year completed: 1957
Material: Bronze
Owner: Chesterfield Arts
Donor: Gift of Sachs Fund
Description:
Born in Sicilyin 1913, Emilio Greco began drawing on walls and modeling clay as a child andquit school at the age of thirteen to become an apprentice to a marble masonwho carved monuments. While still in the army, he joined the Academy in Palermoand later went to Rome, where in1946 he had his first one-person show. The subject of over twenty-five soloexhibitions throughout Europe and abroad, Greco hasreceived many awards, and is represented in a number of important collections.
This is one of the seven large Bathers whichare among the major works of Emilio Greco, one of the 20th century's mostdistinguished Italian artists. He gained international acclaim at the 1956Venice Biennale for one of his statues in the Bather series. This figure is rougher and less feminine than the Greco housed in the Missouri Botanical Gardens, but no less energetic and dynamic.
