Source: Composition with Bust – Ugo Giannini (1919-1993) was one of many who participated in the Normandy invasion and was among the first wave of soldiers to land on Omaha Beach shortly after H-Hour on D-Day. It was a harrowing experience that would crowd his memory all his life, though he would hardly talk about it. Indeed, it was not until after his death that his heirs found a series of drawings that the young art student, then planning to become an illustrator, had made on the spot, apparently within days or even hours of the invasion.
In 1949 he returned to Europe and began studying with Fernand Leger; Composition with Bust is and important example from this period.
Ugo Giannini “Composition with Bust”