Nunzio Giulino Biography
Nunzio Gulino (Comiso, 16 June 1920 – Rome, 7 April 2011) was an Italian artist. In particular he was an engraver and painter. He was born in Comiso on 16 June 1920, but from a young age he left his native town to attend the Institute for the Decoration and Illustration of Books in Urbino, training artistically under the guidance of Leonardo Castellani; he remained in the Feltre city until the two-year period 1968 - 69, when he moved to Rome to teach at the Institute of Restoration, until 1978 when he finished his teaching activity, dedicating himself entirely to engraving. He received numerous awards, both from critics and from the public, such as those at the III International Biennial of Lugano and the Abbruzzini Prize (1954 and 1955) in Rome. His artistic production began in 1939, with the first etchings, where he was influenced by the stylistic influence of Francesco Carnevali, one of his masters. In the two-year period 1941 - 42 he created a series of etchings to illustrate two of Gogol's short stories, "The Fair of Sorocinez" (published in 1944 by the Scuola del Libro) and "The First Night of Christmas"; in these short stories Gulino is careful to maintain the homogeneity between writing and image, which the Urbino School has always been concerned with resolving. In the two-year period 1948 - 50 the artist's style was influenced by Carlo Carrà and Paul Gauguin, then in 1952 his interest turned to the paintings of Van Gogh. He also participated in the cultural life of Urbino, as he was a member of the local Raphael Academy , from 1 October 1955. He died in Rome on 8 April 2011. He was buried in the Urbino cemetery.
