On Renato Guttuso's Neorealist Painting

Renato Guttuso is the most representative figure among the neo-realistic painters in the 20 th century,and is considered as "the last painter who inherited the great tradition of Italian fine arts".Throughout his life,Guttuso tried to make art a powerful weapon in the struggle against the injustice of the existing system,and from the very beginning,he insisted on his own realistic creation path.His paintings are mainly developed from the social and political perspectives of Italy,with an artist’s due social responsibility and historical mission,full of support for Italy’s historical culture and revolutionary struggle and a true reflection of the real society.Guttuso’s art has been influenced by expressionism,cubism,surrealism and other modern art schools,and many valuable things have been integrated into his own creation,which finally formed his own unique new face of "neo-realism" painting and showed fresh vitality.At the same time,as a leader in real life,Guttuso’s works are similar and different from those of the realistic painter Courbet.First of all,they all adhered to the principle of realistic painting in a certain way,thinking that art has its social responsibility function,and did not make its false and imaginary performance.In terms of subject matter,they also mainly paid attention to the ordinary people at the bottom of society and the social reality at that time.However,Guttuso,as a figure who grew up under the influence of the artistic trend in the 20 th century,has his own unique creation in the expression techniques and forms of pictures,such as color and composition.He has combined the essence of modernism with his own perception and created a new artistic form.This is also the "newness" of "new realism".Modern art flourished in the 20 th century,and new ideas and schools emerged rapidly.Expressionism,Cubism,Abstraction and other art schools denied the traditional artistic ideas and pursued exaggeration and deformation in their creation.Under the impact of the current of the times at that time,Guttuso always maintained his own unique artistic path,and did not exclude tradition in his creation,but on the basis of attaching importance to the expression of modern art,modeling and emphasizing structure and shape.Adhering to the belief that "realism is constantly developing" and expressing traditional themes with brand-new forms of expression,his works are permeated with a strong sense of social responsibility and simple humanistic care.It is this attitude that runs through his life’s creation.Through the study of Guttuso,this paper traces back to the source of neo-realism,comprehensively studies the causes and development characteristics of Guttuso’s neo-realism art,and obtains some enlightenment and significance through the concrete analysis of the painter’s works.