Elio Romano

(Trapani, 1909 - Catania, 1996)

Eli o Roman n < / span> axes in Trapani but soon moves to Catania and becomes an apprentice of the local painter Saro Spina. In 1928 he studied at the Free Nude School in Rome and the following year he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence. He becomes a pupil of Felice Carena and his assistant at the end of his studies. An important meeting is with Giorgio Morandi, another teacher at the Academy he attends and whose method of observation becomes a staple in Elio Romano's art. After the sculpture course that he attended at the Academy, his painting also took on a strong sense of plasticity. He returns to Catania permanently after his studio in Florence is bombed. In his homeland he teaches at the Academy of Fine Arts in Catania and does not stop painting until the end of his days. His style starts from Impressionism but has a clear tendency towards realistic structure. & Nbsp; Signed Elio Romano lower left.