Some Americans who visit Rome lose their wallets. Stephen Greene. 44. lost his style. Already established as a figurative artist, he won a coveted Prix de Rome in 1949. but cut it short after three months and returned to the U.S. shattered and ill. After he recuperated, he painted a stark, disturbing study of a skeleton crucified on an easel.
Four years later, Greene went to Rome again, and "became dissatisfied with everything I was doing. To turn away from anything that was a scene rather than a presence became important." How far Greene has turned away is chronicled in his first...
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