Pietro Pantino (1941) - Cavalli

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Beautiful painting by Pietro Pantino depicting horses


--HISTORICAL, ARTISTIC AND BIOGRAPHICAL PATH--

Historical, Artistic and Biographical Path
Pietro Pantino was born in Palermo in 1941 and, at the age of five, already showed a marked passion for drawing.

At seven he is drawn to painters who decorate Sicilian carts. At ten he paints his first picture, using a faesite panel casually found on the street. At twelve he begins to learn the first rudiments from his first teacher Ernesto Crispino and, a few years later, attends Professor Albano Rossi who directs him toward the study of anatomy and advises him to enroll in the artistic high school.

In 1957 the latter enables him to exhibit in a collective show sponsored by the Municipality of Palermo and the Tourism Board. On that occasion the art critic Carlo Battaglia notices him and dedicates to him, in the newspaper “Grido alla Sicilia,” an article. In this review he achieves a good critical and popular success.
----During these years at the Palermo Art High School-----

and with Professor Gino Morici he studies decoration, drawing from life, cinematographic and theatrical scenography.

In 1959 he meets other painters and from them he learns various techniques and secrets of painting. During this period the artist also studies sculpture with Francesco Messina and Giuseppe Genovese and attends the Academy of Fine Arts in Palermo. From this experience he gains a rich repertoire and a particular artistic preparation, especially in constructive drawing, professional figurative and architectural drawing, also sculpting marble and learning to model clay.

Simultaneously he learns the technique of fresco and during this period he works in the church “Casa Professa” in Palermo. In 1961 Pantino designs large-scale molds and stands for the “Mediterranean Fair.”

Shortly after he meets the master Professor Sabatino Mirabella, an excellent landscape painter, and there grows admiration and friendship from Mirabella toward the artist. A few years later he designs small architectural constructions, illustrates plates for calendars, postcards, fashion magazines, sacred images, placards and film posters, as well as sketches for slides. In 1971 he moves to Rome, a city dear to him. Here Pantino begins a new path by establishing friendships and connections with art critics.

A strictly academic artist by temperament, studies and credentials, he has over the years taught many pupils and is a careful student of Caravaggio. He is now present in countless collections.