His work is unique.
Italian naïve painter Antonio Possenti (Antonio Possenti) is now considered a classic “naive” painting. And he began as a political cartoonist.
Born Antonio Possenti in 1933, in Lucca, in the family of true intellectuals. Father is a headmaster, his mother a teacher and my grandfather was the rector at the University of Pisa. Of course, that the home environment has created a perfect cultural context for the development of the child, who from childhood dreamed of becoming an artist.
However, to learn of Antonio Possenti went to law school, and his dream of painting was implemented, learning the secrets of fine art on their own.Antonio Possenti 4B, the period of training, he began his work as political cartoonist on the pages of the weekly “The World”. The magazine has positioned itself as independent from the government and financial contributors to the publication, standing on an anti-Communist positions and devoted to the secular world culture. About the anti-fascism were not discussed, probably because by that time (1949) he was considered vanquished forever. With the publication, by the way, collaborated with Thomas Mann and George Orwell.
However, to born in fascist Italy of the artist, the theme of fascism and Nazism is still relevant. Grotesque Hitler appears on his works .
Antonio Possenti 3Знаковой for Antonio Possenti was the meeting with the Russian painter Marc Chagall in the French Riviera in 1957. After it finally Antonio decided to dedicate “body and soul” of professional painting.
Today he is the holder of many awards, his works are exhibited in the most prestigious Italian and foreign galleries. The artist travels a lot, but his house still in Lucca, where he has his own Studio in the city centre.
Studio Antonio Possenti is something special. Interestingly, in its creative part, it is like a home–Studio original artist and sculptor from the city of Sumy Leontius Kostura, in painting which is also influenced by Marc Chagall.
