Leon Giuseppe Buono (1887- 1975) - Paesaggio marittimo

Leon Giuseppe BUONO was an artist born in Italy in 1887 and died in 1975. His works have gone to auction 483 times. He debuted brilliantly as a vedutist inspired mainly by the sea and the landscape of the port of Pozzuoli, where he lived until his death. His painting has a classical bearing and sometimes bears the influence of the Posillipo School, for example in the landscape Lago Patria of 1936. In his early phase he was, among other things, a sensitive graphic artist, as demonstrated by a very beautiful travel-promotion poster dedicated to the Terme Puteolane. Buono was a master to many artists of the Campi Flegrei and, among others, gave the first lessons to Vincenzo Ciardo. Buono is perhaps the last representative of dalbonismo. In his late works the milky tones, mother-of-pearl atmospheres, and all that constitutes the language of Dalbono’s vedutismo become even more subtle and delicate. The painter worked and remained lucid until the last months of life. With the death of “Sci-sci,” such was the nickname given by his friends, a man who, besides painting, led an adventurous and difficult life, disappeared.