GIORGIO MORANDI

Giorgio Morandi: Lines of Poetry presents a large selection of graphic works by Bologna's master of poetic understatement. Entirely self-taught as a printmaker, in 1912 Morandi began to etch using old manuals as his reference guides. He quickly mastered the techni que, coming to consider it an important vehicle for his artistic expression, and the medium continued to be important to him through out his career. Morandi went on to hold the Chair in Printmaking at Bologna's Academy of Fine Arts for more than 20 years. These sti ll lifes ...[Llegir més]