The New Republic Magazine - Gabriele D’Annunzio

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Gabriele D’Annunzio

PORTRAIT

I've been ordered by New York magazine The New Republic to draw a portrait of "(The) writer, seducer, aviator, proto-fascist, megalomaniac prince who shaped modern Italy" as Jonathan Galassi, the author of the article, says.
The illustration was featured in the february 17th, 2014 issue.

Here you can have a look and an interesting reading about the whole article.

I tried to show through his face the different emotions he could feel as a poet, a famous writer and in the same time an fascist ideologist. For me they are really strange ways to combine! I also used the axe symbol featured on italian fascist flags for his tie.

A4 drawing done with a black ballpoint pen and pencil on white paper, 2014.