The Italian painter Bruno di Maio died at the age of 81!

Bruno di Maio (1944-2025), one of the Italy's best Figurative artists, passed away in January 2025, at the age of 81!

Di Maio was born in North Africa in 1944 to Italian parents.

Artist, graphic designer, excellent watercolourist, di Maio has worked mainly for an international clientele, as well as in the main cities of Italy, in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Tokyo and Madrid.

di Maio's work reflects his great love for Renaissance paintings, yet at the same time a strong desire for expressive autonomy.

Di Maio tries, successfully, in his allegorical and surrealistic interpretation of present, to give life to the recollect quality of the past.

The originality of his vision is seen in the sumptuous subject matter, the quality of his chiaroscuro and the dramatic light effect on the figures and objects in his paintings.

His work is happy, carnal, rich in color and vibrant with light.

In addition to paintings, his artistic training extends to sculpture, engraving, excellent watercolors as well as astounding trompe l’oeil mural paintings.

His works can be found in private and public collections in Europe, Japan, Australia and in the United States.

- "I was born in North Africa to Italian parents who were among the first "farmers" of that land. I started to mess around with colored pencils early on; it was my only fun in the sunny loneliness of that great farm.

A long illness stuck me in bed where I developed a passion for reading and fables and the frantic need to represent my fantastic and fabulous "friends" with my colored pencils. All of this, set ablaze perhaps by the implacable African sun, propelled me toward Art".

- "I attended the Art Institute in Perugia and Rome and worked in the antiquarian environment of the Capital, which was indeed the city of the myth at that time. Among Piazza di Spagna, via Margutta and via del Babuino, in the ideal quadrilateral of the art, I worked as a restorer beside the best teachers of the era, including Pico Cellini, my spiritual mentor".

"It was there that I started to know and deeply love the great paintings. I learned from gilders, carvers, cabinetmakers; never forgetting to see the world with the marvelling eyes of a child and to represent it with the skill of a good artisan.

Since I have never found a satisfactory definition of "Art", rather than consider myself an "Artist", I prefer to call myself what I am in reality: a painter".

Bruno di Maio (1944-2025), uno dei maggiori artisti figurativi Italiani, è scomparso nel gennaio 2025, all'età di 81 anni!

Bruno Di Maio era nato a Tripoli (Libia) da genitori italiani.

Viveva e lavorava in Toscana.

Si è dedicato per lungo tempo al restauro acquisendo una abilità tecnica prodigiosa.

Le opere di Bruno Di Maio sfuggono ad ogni classificazione.

Lo stile spesso realista - talora impressionista, è per lo più funzionale alla rappresentazione di scene surreali ed oniriche.

Pittore, incisore, oltreché eccellente acquarellista, lavorava prevalentemente per una committenza internazionale e le sue opere si trovano oltre che nelle maggiori città italiane, anche a Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Tokio e Madrid presso collezioni pubbliche e private.