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Gianfranco Villanova

Bergamo, Italy
Artist (Painting)
1958 - 2012

Contemporary Impressionist Painter


Aurelio Villanova


…. Born in Sernaglia della Battaglia (Treviso), on 9 October 1923,
Aurelio Villanova is registered in the European register of professional artists, he is a member of various academies for merits; awarded with International Certificate of Merit, < International Award > for the illustrious and determined contribution given to the arts, literature and the strengthening of world cooperation for the progress of culture.
Signed < MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL > and < BY THE EXECUTIVE OFFICIER > of the International Institute of Arts and Letters of Zurich, given this July 1970.
Your works appear in various public and private collections in Italy and abroad, and in various national and international contemporary art sites.



Training:

At the Accademia Libera Gabbiani in Milan together with the painter and Maestro Giacomo Gabbiani.

At the Brera Academy in Milan with the painter and master Gino Moro.

At the Scuola Superiore d'Arte del Castello in Milan with Maestro Fedeli Francesco, holder of the chair of painting and composition at the same.



Some of your public acknowledgments:

Diploma of Artistic Merit and Gold Medal. At the Permanent Exhibition of Plastic and Figurative Arts, for the participation received by unanimous approval. (Società Filarmonica Drammatica Macerata), Macerata 1968.

Academician Associated with the Accademia Tiberina, Institute of University Culture and Higher Studies for the increase of the Arts, Letters and Sciences, Rome 1969.

Merit academician at the "i 500" Academy, for the merits achieved with your fruitful and tenacious work. Rome 1970. Public Acts Office of the Italian Republic.

Academic of Honor for his high merits at the Abruzzi Academy for Sciences and Arts, Chieti 1973.

Academician of Italy with gold medal. For his particular activity in the Arts sector, Salsomaggiore Terme1978.
International Prize "Artist of the Year" UIL-UNSA 2009 XII EDITION Lifetime Achievement Award, La Spezia April 2010.

History:
The interest in drawing and in the Arts in general, creating the first pencil sketches, for Aurelio Villanova begins during the Second World War, while he is employed in the municipality of Pieve di Soligo as a placer and Technical secretary of the Arts.
At the end of the war he settled in Milan where he met the painter and friend Maestro Giacomo Gabbiani at the Accademia Libera Gabbiani; here begins his true artistic passion.
Subsequently Villanova has two significant meetings for his training: the first with the Painter Gino Moro Maestro at the Brera Academy in Milan where he will attend the school of painting and sculpture, the second with his friend and colleague Maestro Fedeli Francesco owner of the chair of painting and composition at the Scuola Superiore d'Arte del Castello in Milan where he will study anatomy, then the great ascent begins...

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