Marina marino marini biography
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Marino Marini Italian, 1901-1980
While perhaps most widely recognised as a sculptor, Marino Marini was also a prolific printmaker, engraver and painter whose subject matter ranged from imposing equestrian groups to semi abstracted figurative works.
Marina marino marini biography
His idiosyncratic style is captured in Cavallo e Cavaliere, a portrait of horse and soldier, a motif that became a frequent subject. For Marini, this idiom encapsulated the true essence of human existence, as he once commented, “the entire history of humanity and nature can be found in the figure of the horse and rider, whatever the era.
It is my way of narrating history. I need this personage to give life to the passions of man". Marini’s inherent belief in the transcendent nature of the horse and rider bestows upon his modernist work the same power of the monumental statues he was exposed to while studying in Florence.
This however does not detract from his playful characterisation and application of materials that