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Pino Daeni, born Giuseppe Dangelico, in Bari, Italy, 1939, grew up with the visual memories of the women in his family keeping the homefries burning during the uncertain times preceding World War II. These beautiful Italian women maintaining domestic tranquility would later infuse the soft romantic canvases of Pino with warmth, nostalgia, love, and family.
Pino's artistic journey began in grade school when his first grade teacher recognized the boy's talents. His father couldn't encourage his gifted son because he didn't believe he could make a serious career as an artist. Pino's unfaltering desire and determination preserved, and he left Bari to pursue his artistic spirit in Milan in 1960. He attended classes at the Academy of Brera where he perfected his skill and talent or painting nudes in the classical tradition of Sorolla, Boldini, and Braque. Determined to gain recognition, Pino began doing illustrations for a textbook publisher. Despite becoming one of the leading illustrators in Europe by 1979, Pino wanted to be closer to the dynamic center of the art world, New York. By 1989, his oeuvre was marked by hundreds of book covers painted for writers such as Danielle Steele, Sylvie Summerfield, and Amanda Ashley.
