Emilio Coia, 1911 - 1997. Artist
About this artwork
This portrait of the caricaturist, Emilio Coia, was an eightieth birthday present from the artist. Born into the large émigré community of Italians who moved to Scotland in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, Coia was admitted to Glasgow School of Art at the age of sixteen. During the early and mid-1930s, he drew for many major periodicals and journals, including the ‘Sunday Chronicle’ and ‘Daily Express’. This work brought him into contact with some of the century’s most notable literary and artistic figures. From the late 1930s until the early 1950s Coia worked as a graphic artist mostly in advertising, moving back to Scotland after the Second World War. He returned to the press in the early 1950s.
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artist:Stephen Conroy (born 1964) Scottish
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title:Emilio Coia, 1911 - 1997. Artist
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date created:1991
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materials:Gouache on paper
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measurements:22.00 x 18.00 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Purchased 1997
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accession number:PG 3049
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depicted:
Stephen Conroy
Stephen Conroy
Stephen Conroy’s paintings appeared in an exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in 1987, while he was still a student. Drawing on the figurative Glasgow tradition, Old Master paintings and the work of Degas and Sickert, Conroy concentrates on depicting the male figure, either...