Emilio GRECO

(1913 – 1995)

Italian sculptor, engraver, medallist, writer and poet | 1913 born in Catania / Sicily | 1934 studies at the “Accademia di Belle Arti” in Palermo, first artistic works are interrupted by World War II | 1947 receives studio at Villa Massimo in Rome | 1955-1967 teaches sculpture at the “Academy of Fine Arts” in Naples | 1959 solo show at the “Städtische Galerie”, Munich | 1972 exhibitions in Japan: “Gendai Chôkoku Sentâ” in Ôsaka, Modern Art Museums in Kobe, Yamaguchi, Hiroshima and Kyôto | 1991 “Museo Emilio Greco” is inaugurated in Orvieto at the Palazzo Soliano | 1995 died in Rome / Italy

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