Villa Franceschi, Riccione – one of the Ligabue exhibition venues
Portrait of the artist with dog.
Antonio ‘Toni’ Ligabue ( 1899 – 1965) had the kind of face that makes you think he was either a crazed serial killer or a mad artist. The fact that he spent his life in and out of psychiatric hospitals signifies that he was not considered sane in the conventional sense but he was no murderer.
An excellent exhibition at Riccione (on until 6th October 2013) shows that he was, and is, a remarkable, and seriously underrated artist. Continue reading
