Gabriele Reina

I was born in Lugano to an old Lombard family of military and industrial traditions. I am basically a portraitist painter, specialist in every technique: oil, tempera, watercolour, majolica, charcoal, saguine pencil etc. I was a pupil of futurist master Sibò (Pier Luigi Bossi, 1907-2000), who was a disciple of Sienese painters Arturo Viligiardi (1869-1936) and Dario Neri (1895-1958). Through the study of heraldic style in art history I have been improving my quality of drawing. I have also been painting a scenographic series of heraldic standards for castles and historical houses interiors. As the painter is a vocation and not a profession, I graduated in Languages and then Art History at the University of Milan. Later I earned a Phd in art history in Lausanne University. I was then editor, writer and last editor-in-chief of the historical publishing house FMR/Franco Maria Ricci, author of books and essays for FMR, Mondadori-Electa, White Star/National Geographic etc. including Palazzo Altieri; Bologna; Castles of the world; Superga segreta etc. I am a member of Società Dalmata di Storia Patria (Venice), Società Italiana di Studi Araldici (Turin), Collegio Araldico Romano (Rome), Society of Heraldic Arts and the Robert Louis Stev...

2013-2018 - PhD Art history Lausanne University
1995-1997 - MA Art history, Milan Univeristy
1989-1994 - MA Foreign Languages, Milan University

- October-December 1994. Solo exhibition. Armorial bearings painted by Gabriele Reina. FMR-Franco Maria Ricci Library, Via Durini 19 Milano.

- October-November 2013. Solo exhibitionArmorial bearings, portraits and plates by Gabriele Reina (200 paintings at least). Spazio Art Kitchen, Milano.

- April 2014. Solo exhibition. The lions of Saint-Mark painted by Gabriele Reina. Palazzo Cornoldi (close to Hotel Danieli) Riva degli Schiavoni 4142, Venezia. There were 60 large paintings on canvas or panel with lions of Saint Mark.

- 19-30 January 2015. Solo exhibition. The lions of Saint Mark, painted by Gabriele Reina. Palazzo delle Generali (Palazzo Berlam). Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 1, Trieste.

- 8-19 June 2015. Solo exhibition. The visages of an Empire: portraits from the Austrian empire, painted by Gabriele Reina. Palazzo delle Generali, Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi 1, Trieste.

- 15 September-15 October 2015. Solo exhibition. Wanderbuch: Sketchbooks and watercolours, painted by Gabriele Reina. Galleria Spaziotemporaneo, Via Solferino 56, Milano.

- November 2016. Solo exhibition. Beatrice of Portugal's knights: 45 large heraldic standards painted by Gabriele Reina. Vinovo (Turin), Castello della Rovere.

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