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Ester Curini

Ester Curini (Born 1964) is known for Photo real acrylic paintings of endangered species, anthropomorphic.

Known for creating photorealistic animal portraits set against stark white backgrounds, self-taught Italian painter Ester Curini has explained that isolating the endangered species on a blank canvas allows her to concentrate on a subject’s essential characteristics, and, at the same time, on what is essential to her as an artist.

Curini grew up in an unfiltered environment, where reality was not manipulated by adults so as not to hurt the sensitivity of children. She soon witnessed the cruelty of humans towards animals, a gruesome reality she had to face and deal with, by herself. Her greatest passions in childhood were animals and drawing.

Curini’s subjects appear anthropomorphic with their human poses and matter-of-fact gazes, often turned directly back at the viewer.

Wolves are amazingly complex and social creatures of the wild, and Curini captures each animal’s individuality and character with amazing intimacy and vision. The viewer is forced to con   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 2772 characters.]  Artist bio

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