｢Hector and Andromache｣
Giorgio de Chirico (1888-1978)
De Chirico, the founder of metaphysical painting, had a great impact on the surrealism movement which occurred later. It is the human body with an egg-shaped head, spindle-shaped legs and spiral arms that his pictures and sculptures depict consistently. This piece also combines those motifs just like him. Having been born and brought up in Greece, he is good at the motif "Greek Myth" of this piece.
Giorgio de Chirico
Born in Greece between Italian parents. At age 18, he went to Munich and studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts. Under the influence of Nietzsche's Philosophy and German Romantic School, he sought the metaphysical domain behind the real existence. Around 1920, however, he became deeply interested in "matiere" and took a turn to classic style. He passed away in 1978.
