Pino Daeni

May 26, 2020 at 7:33 pm Leave a comment

Giuseppe Dangelico
(November 8, 1939, Bari, Italy- May 25, 2010, New Jersey, USA), (aged 70)
Nationality: Italian
Category: Art Workers
Occupation: Painter, book illustrator
Specification: He is known for his style of feminine, romantic women. Noted for his ability to capture fleeting expressions and movement, his women are often lost in thought. The use of warm colours in a unique manner made his paintings exceptional.
The famous modern painter Vidan is his nephew
Influenced: Pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaaoli He found inspiration in the works of such artists as Sargeant, Sorolla, and Boldini.
Style: Impressionism, Expressionism
Subjects: Portraits, seascapes, the nude
Education: He was a self-taught artist. He enrolled at the Art Institute of Bari, then went on to Milan’s Academy of Brera in 1960
Contributions: He created over 3,000 book covers, movie posters and magazine illustrations. his style has dominated and influenced the market.
From 1960 to 1979, his work garnered several prizes and awards. He is one of the highest-paid book illustrators of his time.
Main works: “Remember When”, “Mystic Dreams”, “Morning Breeze”, “Love”, “First Glance”, “After Dinner” and “Anticipation”.
Career and personal life: Pino was born in Bari, Italy on November 8, 1939.
He began his studies at the city’s Art Institute. In 1960 he entered Milan’s Academy of Brera where he perfected his talent and skill for painting nudes.
His skills in painting were heavily influenced by the pre-Raphaelites and Macchiaaoli.
From 1960 to 1979 his work appeared in several major exhibitions throughout Italy and Europe.
At the same time, he was commissioned by Italy’s two largest publishers. Mondadori and Rizzoli, for book illustrations.
Pino also experimented with Expressionism in the late sixties during his stay in Milan.
In 1979, he emigrated to the United States under the sponsorship of Borghi Gallery where he held several shows in New York and Massachusetts. He brought with him his family—wife Chiara, seven-year-old daughter Paola, and five-year-old son Massimo.
In 1980 Zebra Books Publishers commissioned him to do his first book cover. His romance novel covers, painted for such authors as Danielle Steel, Sylvie Summerfield and Amanda Ashley, helped sell millions of books
In the United States be became fascinated with the works of Soralla, Sargent, Benson and William Merrit Chase.
In 1992 he contacted one of the major galleries in Scottsdale, Arizona, the May Gallery. Since then his paintings have appeared in Morris and Whiteside Gallery in Hilton Head and Stuart Johnson’s Settlers West Gallery in Tucson.
In 2001, Pino’s son, Massimo, more known as Max, began representing his artist-father, despite Pino’s initial reluctance.
On May 25, 2010, Pino died at the age of 70