Born in Capri in 1913 he died in Genoa in 2003, from a Dutch father and Italian mother, he received the first notions of art from his parent Willem Valente, a painter born in Rotterdam in 1881, and from excellent masters (Van Blesbrook, Leto, Caprile). He participated in numerous collective exhibitions London, Paris, Danville, Zurich, Chicago Amsterdam, Nice. Among the numerous prizes are the Oscar for painting Genoa, L'anguria in Bordighera, Arma di Taggia award, Pompeii award Timone D'oro Asti, International Toronto award, in Naples, at the San Remo Casino, Monet prize in Dolceacqua, present on the best catalogues, Bolaffi, Comandi ci ,Emergenza San Francesco, California USA, Art Revue of Paris etc ...