Gianni Strino - Italian Master

GIANNI STRINO was born in 1953 in Naples, Italy, where he currently resides.
He completed his studies at the Liceo Artístico Napolitana and was awarded the medal for best postgraduate artist in 1970.
Later, he enrolled in the Faculty of Architecture. However, he was still attracted to and interested in plastic arts. ThGianni eventually led him to give up studying and devote himself to painting full-time.
He taught art history in various schools but found he needed more time for his art.
His most developed subjects are still life and human figure painting. Strino has a highly developed technique for treating light and shade.
Though constantly seeking new expressions in art, Strino always sticks to the fundamentals of painting: exquisite drawing, composition, and color.
He does not restrict his models to beautiful young women like many portraitists.
To him, the life story of an Italian grandmother, or Nonna, is to be told through the lines on her face and the faded sparkle in her eye.
Her beauty is captured for all to see, not as a vision of youth and vitality but as a life full of memories and stories that we can only imagine.
The quality of Strino’s painting also sets him apart from his contemporaries. There is an ‘old master’ feeling in his work; the assured handling of lines combines with a true understanding of tonal harmonies and composition, reminiscent of Renaissance portraiture of the 16th Century.
His works are in numerous prestigious public and private collections throughout Italy.
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