Giovanni Portogallo

Giovanni Portogallo was born in San Martino di Taurianova in a Calabrian village, in Italy. His father was from Sicily and his mother from Calabria. They were both, in a way, artists: his father, Pietro Portogallo, was a cabinetmaker, an upholsterer and a restorer of antique furniture and vintage cars; His mother was a designer.

He grew up in a favourable setting, where creativity and art weren't lacking. Gino, pushed also by the post-war need, spread all along the interest and the curiosity towards his father's craft, that, together with hard work and deep passion, contributed to the achievement of his high level of professionalism in this field.

Time passes, Giovanni practises his work with more and more passion until, at a certain point, he feels the need to experiment with the art of drawing. Although he doesn't abandon the fatherly activity, he starts dedicating himself to painting. Thus his creativity evolves and favours the development of his exceptional talent, which is evident in different types of work, particularly landscapes, abstract but also realistic artworks, whose fidelity to reality is always very high.

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In end we would want to specify that the artist Giovanni Portogallo has not received any type of education in the sector of the art, and that its ability to realize these works is fruit dell his/her talent and of its innate talent.