Landscape #2
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drypoint in black on Somerset paper
Dimensions
sheet: 57.5 x 37.5 cm (22 5/8 x 14 3/4 in.)
Classification
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Kathan Brown
Accession Number
2001.142.27
Art Historical Context
**Landscape #2** by Francesco Clemente, created in 1981, is a striking drypoint print housed in the National Gallery of's collection, generously gifted by master printer Kathan Brown. Clemente, a leading figure in Italy's Transavanguardia movement—a vibrant 1980s backlash against abstract minimalism—blended Neo-Expressionist energy with dreamlike symbolism, often drawing from Eastern mysticism, fragmented narratives, and personal introspection. This work captures his exploratory phase in New York, where he frequently experimented with printmaking to translate his lush, evocative paintings into...
About the Artist
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente was born on March 23, 1952, in Naples, Italy, into an aristocratic family as the only son of Judge Marchese Lorenzo Clemente di San Luca and his wife, Bianca Quarto. Drawn to art from childhood through dreamlike drawings inspired by recollections, he moved to Rome in 1970 to study architecture at Sapienza University but soon abandoned it for visual arts. There, he met the concep...