“In comparison with the USA, illustrators in Europe haven’t proven the identical enthusiasm for what generally could possibly be termed sensible portray. So Italian born Fortunino Matania is a comparatively uncommon instance of somebody who shunned the modernist stylistic improvements of the twentieth century, and used his expertise for portray humanity and the world with exceptional representational authority at some point of his notably lengthy profession. And though sensible illustration has by no means been my very own private desire I love and envy his technical ability and artistic talents immensely, and hope you’ll too.And because of viewer Dianne, who has identified there’s a brief however fascinating movie on Youtube of Matania at work.” from the video introduction
