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Emvin Cremona
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Emvin Cremona (19191987) was a Maltese artist
and stamp designer. He is regarded as one of the
best Maltese artists of the 20th century, well
known especially for many church paintings. He
was born in Valletta and from a young age showed
that he had great artistic talent, however as
nobody in his family was artistically inclined he
was not encouraged to take up art
seriously. He studied art at the Malta School of
Arts under the direction of Edward Caruana Dingli
and Karmenu Mangion. He also studied at the
School of Nude under the direction of Josef
Kalleja.
In 1938 he went to Rome where he studied at the
Regia Accademia delle Belle Arti. Later on he
also Studied in London and Paris. Some of
his paintings are to be found in the Parish
Church of San Gejtanu in Hamrun, at the Catholic
Institute in Floriana, in St Publius Church in
Floriana, at the Parish Church of Msida, at Ta'
Pinu Sanctuary and the Chapel of the Malta
International Airport and in various other
churches around Malta. The World Health
Organization headquarters in Geneva and the
United Nations Headquarters in New York also
house paintings by Cremona Emvin Cremona
designed most of Malta's stamps from the late
1950s to the 1970s.
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Panels which Emvin Cremona produced in the 1960s
for the festivities of the 19th centenary of the
arrival of St Paul in Malta, today in the Gonzi
Hall of the Catholic Institute, Floriana
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Stamp Foundation of Valetta (Philatelic
Bureau)
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Christmas
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Christmas angels
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Cremona, except that he was an respected painter,
also left a mark within the section of the chart
as well as in the field of philately. Suffice it
to say that between 1957 and 1979 emanated from
his study no less than 62 sets of stamps
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Fort St. Michael (Central Bank collection)
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Aspect of Maltese Life
Portrait
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Portrait
Studio corner
Maltese church
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Abstract National Museum of Fine Arts - Malta,
Valletta
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Venice III
Venice XI
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Venice IV
Venice II
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Venice XIII
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Abstract National Museum of Fine Arts Malta,
Valletta
Malta harbour scene
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The jacket of the libretto of Vincenzo Maria
Pellegrinis theatrical work LAraldo di Cristo,
which was commissioned for the same celebrations
of the 19th centenary of the arrival of St Paul
in Malta in 1960
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Xmas Stamps exhibition Valletta, 1969
The church of St Andrew, Luqa St. Peter and Pawl,
1970
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The church of St Andrew, Luqa St. Andrew worship
the cross just before the martyrdom, 1966
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The church of St Andrew, Luqa The burial (or
deposition) of the saint Andrew, 1966
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The Virgin of Lourdes at Paola (1968)
Crucification, 1964 Parish church of the Virgin
of Fatima, Gwardamanga, Malta
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Presentation in Temple (1951) Msida Parish
Church
Annunciation (1951) Msida Parish Church of Saint
Joseph
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Our Lady of Aviation Malta International
Airport
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The ceiling of St Publius church, Floriana
St Paul in Malta Gozo Zebbug church
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Pieta Our Lady Parish Church, Balzan, Malta
St John Baptist De La Salle Monument Mozaic
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Annunciation of Our Lady Parish Church, Balzan,
Malta
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Annunciation of Our Lady Parish Church, Balzan,
Malta
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Angel in dome of Annunciation, Balzan church
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St Andrew Malta Gozo, Zebbug church
'Pieta' by Emvin Cremona at Balzan church, Malta
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The Annunciation and St George Malta Gozo,
Zebbug church
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Christ the Teacher St. Cajetan Parish Church,
Hamrun, Malta
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Christ the Teacher Apse of St. Cajetan Parish
Church, Hamrun, Malta
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St Paul the Apostle St. Cajetan Parish Church,
Hamrun, Malta
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St Andrew St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun,
Malta
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St Jacobus St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun,
Malta
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St Petrus St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun, Malta
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St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun, Malta
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St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun, Malta
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St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun, Malta
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St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun, Malta
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St. Cajetan Parish Church, Hamrun, Malta
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Sacred Heart of Jesus The Malta Society of Arts,
Manufactures and Commerce
Madonna TaL-Emigranti
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The Collegiate of Senglea Chapel of the Blessed
Sacrament
The Collegiate of Senglea La Madonna del Rosario.
Fraternity
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Annunciation at Domenican Convent Vittoriosa
(commissioned in 1960)
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Side altar in Birkirkara Conventual church
St Dominic and the Rosary, Cremonas work 1960
at the church of the Dominican Fathers in
Vittoriosa
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Side altar in Birkirkara Conventual
church (fragment)
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Side altar in Birkirkara Conventual church
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Side altar in Birkirkara Conventual church
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New Christmas stamps based on Emvin Cremona works
The Three Kings, Ghaxaq parish church, Malta
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Annunciation Ghaxaq parish church, Malta
Annunciation Naxxar church of Salini
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Perhaps the greatest merit of Cremona was wise
managed to find a compromise between the academic
tradition and the modern idiom free.
Blessed Mother at St Gregory's, Sliema
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The Risen Christ, St Gregory's church, Sliema
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The Risen Christ, St Gregory's church, Sliema
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St Paul and St Publius Parish church of
Burmarrad, dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Mary
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Church of Burmarrad, dedicated to the Sacred
Heart of Mary
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Immaculate Heart of Mary with Saints Parish
church of Burmarrad, dedicated to the Sacred
Heart of Mary
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Emvin Cremona worked well as cardboard mosaic of
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Ta 'Pinu.
Ta' Pinu National Shrine, Gozo (Mozaic)
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Annunciation
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The Betrothal of the Virgin
He produced twenty paintings in all for Ta Pinu
Sanctuary sixteen for the clerestory area in the
transepts and in the choir, and eventually the
four altarpieces in the aisles and transept
chapels
The Immaculate Conception
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The Search for Christ and the Finding of Christ
in the Temple
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It came to be known that the works, completed by
Cremona between 1954 and 1962, were hung in the
sanctuary until they were dispatched to Italy for
mosaics to be produced. On their return, the
paintings were stored in a closet in the church
and eventually lay forgotten. Some of them
suffered great damage following prolonged
dampness and poor storage conditions.
The Finding of Christ in the Temple
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The Virgin meeting Christ on the Way to Calvary
The Holy Family
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The project for the restoration of the 20
paintings commenced in October 2005 and has been
supported throughout by the Bank of Valletta,
under the Heritage Pillar of its Community
Programme, through a total sponsorship of
23,000. The newly restored collection of
paintings opened in 2008
Rest on the Flight into Egypt (before restoration)
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The Nativity
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The Feast at the Marriage of Cana Ta' Pinu
National Shrine, Gozo
The newly-restored collection of paintings by
prominent 20th- century artist Emvin Cremona
unveiled at the Ta' Pinu Sanctuary in Gozo
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The Feast at the Marriage of Cana (detail), Ta'
Pinu National Shrine, Gozo
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The Feast at the Marriage of Cana(detail), Ta'
Pinu National Shrine, Gozo
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The Feast at the Marriage of Cana(detail), Ta'
Pinu National Shrine, Gozo
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The Dormition
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2014
Sound Charles Camilleri - Missa Mundi
(V. Prayer) - Luca Massaglia, organ