May
11
2009
Painting on show at the “Biennale”Venice of -Padiglione Italia..and for interesting article on the artist’s latest exhibition in Lecce go to www.accainarte.it
Tonino Caputo was born in Lecce (Italy) in 1933. Once he graduated highschool in 1952 he moved to Rome (Italy) and started to study architecture in college, in these years his interest in painting begins. In 1956 supported by poets like Vittorio Pagano and Rina Durante he participates in his first group show were people viewed his figurative drawings. In that same year in Rome he meets Gastone Novelli and begins his research of informal art, this would be his path for the next five years.