1 - THE TRAGEDY OF THE ARTIST

In the field of contemporary dramaturgy the most important experiment of Claudia Contin Arlecchino is the gestural language derived from the works of the Austrian painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918) which goes under the name of the project "Tragedia dell'Arte".

Claudia Contin Arlecchino knows the work of Egon Schiele in 1979, when at the Art Institute she is suggested, as a point of reference suitable to her style of drawing, by Professor Antonio Furini, which sends her straight to Venice to visit an exhibition of the Viennese painter. The young student assumes Schiele as the ideal "Master" of her own graphic, pictorial and stylistic studies. In 1982 she acheives the three-year diploma as "Master of Art" and then, for the next biennium, she signs up as private student, earning in one year, in August 1983,
the Diploma in Applied Arts.
Meanwhile works and follows several professional experiences: in graphics (Grafiche Conti in Udine), sculpture and wood restoration (Laboratory of the Sculptor Roberto Milan), processing of leather bags, belts, shoes and accessories (Laboratory Paolo Borchie in Udine). In the same year, thanks to her dossier of drawings and art engravings, she get a forgivable loan from the Confederation of Handigrafts in Udine by which she opened a laboratory of engravings and art prints with hand press, at the FotoStudio in Udine. From 1984 to 1987 she exhibited her works in Udine, Bologna, Rome and Venice.