Fausto Pirandello was one of the most important and influential painters working in Italy between the 1930s and the 1950s. The son of dramatist Luigi Pirandello, his work expressed a vision of reality that was raw, carnal and unflinchingly objective.

View of the Cupolas of S. Spirito (1932), Fausto Pirandello. Private collection
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