The Artist and His Style

Augusto was born in Milan in 1940 and has been painting since childhood, mastering the various drawing and painting techniques (pencil, charcoal, pen and ink, oils, watercolours, pastels, etc.) with the passion and dedication of painters of times gone by, always placing importance on drawing from nature in a strictly representational fashion.

He is a teacher of fine arts and strongly supports a return to the heights of classical realism and the beauty of nature, that he portrays with a rigorous draftmanship inspired by a dreamer's soul. He has written on this in various essays and has expounded his arguments in TV discussions as well.

His paintings, whether landscapes, still lifes or portraits, are shaped by light, which enhances the potentialities of the various techniques, such as the depth of colours in oils, the shimmering tones of pastels and the transparent washes of watercolours, that are painted by him in the English tradition.

He is the only Italian member of the Portrait Society of America and is a Fellow of the Pontificia Accademia Tiberina.

His paintings are appreciated by collectors worldwide and he is quoted in various Artists' Yearbooks (COMED, ALBA, ACCA).

He has taken part in many individual and group exhibitions. His recent solo shows took place in May 1998 (Galleria Spazio Visivo), December 1998 (Telethon), March 2001 (Springtime in the Atélier), December 2001 (Open Studio), June 2003 (Libreria Einaudi) and June 2004 (Springtime in the Heart).

On my easel I etched Jan Van Eyck's motto:
"Als Ich Kan" (As I Can)
to spur me to work to the best of my abilities.