Renato Guttuso - 9 of Wands - The Tarot

The work is part of the famous series entitled "The Game of Tarot," a series of lithographs in which the Sicilian artist reinterpreted playing cards, according to his realist aesthetic. This example is a copy of the lithograph dedicated to the 9 of Wands.

The representation of this playing card, conceived as a series of nine tree trunks, fully reflects Renato Guttuso's signature style, found in several of his graphic works. The objects are rendered with a simple, concrete realism that seeks not to idealize reality, but rather to exalt it in its pure simplicity. As in still lifes, the trees are depicted with a pure, clean line that, by precisely describing the details, enhances and explores the volumes. The overall composition, with the arrangement of the nine figures, respects the magical and symbolic nature of playing cards and tarot cards.

Renato Guttuso, born in Bagheria in 1911 and died in Rome in 1987, was a painter deeply involved in politics and social issues. His artistic commitment stemmed from his socialist ideals and his outrage over social injustice and abuses of power. He participated in the Fronte Nuovo delle Arti group, developing a Realist-Expressionist style of painting and developing his "social art." Guttuso's most important works, expressing his neorealist art, were masterpieces such as Ficilazione in Campagna (Fucilation in the Countryside) and Fuga dall'Etna (Escape from Etna). He was also elected senator twice, in 1976 and 1979, for the Italian Communist Party.

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