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In the 18th article in a series on 20th-century artists who shaped Maltese modernism,
Joseph Agius highlights the life and works of Anton Inglott
The death at a very young age of Anton Inglott (1915-1945) deprived Maltese modernism of what would have been a leading protagonist, just on the eve of its birth. His ill-health conditioned most of his life.
The Raising of Lazarus
His prodigiously fast artistic maturity could have been due to a self-awareness that fate had bestowed upon him a short time frame in which he could express himself artistically. His very introspective output reflected this in his choice of restrained, almost monochromatic, palette that radiates an otherworldly aura of sobriety, asceticism and spirituality.