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Self-Portrait

Francesco ClementeWW-2005-002773

2005·Oil on canvas·60 1/4 × 49 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (153 × 124.8 × 3.2 cm)

Anonymous Gift, in memory of William S. Lieberman, 2006

Catalogue

Year: 2005
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 60 1/4 × 49 1/8 × 1 1/4 in. (153 × 124.8 × 3.2 cm)
Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Artist: Francesco Clemente

Artist

Francesco Clemente

Painting

Francesco Clemente is an Italian contemporary artist. He has lived at various times in Italy, India and New York City. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India. He has worked in various artistic media including drawing, fresco, graphics, mosaic, oils and sculpture. He was among the principal figures in the Italian Transavanguardia movement of the 1980s, which was characterized by a rejection of Formalism and conceptual art and a return to figurative art and Symbolism.

Naples, Italy

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