The exhibition was conceived as a chronological path of Alberto Nàtile’s artistic activity, trying to showcase works representing various artistic techniques he has experimented.

Biography

Alberto Nàtile was born in Putignano (Bari) on 21 December 1935.

In 1959 he moved to Como.

In the 1950s and 1960s he devoted himself to photography but felt a strong desire to approach drawing and painting as well.

At the beginning of the 1970s he began attending the Larian artistic circle and became friends with local artists and in particular with Alberto Bogani.

He began to create his first works which referred to the so-called "Pre Accademic" self-study period.

He took part in various art assignments and competitions in Como and other locations: Brunate, Genoa Pegli, St. Vincent, ‘Villa Malpensata’ in Lugano. Particularly relevant is his participation in a collective exhibition at the Broletto in Como, under the artistic direction of Masters such as Mario Radice, Pietro Collina, Giardina and major figures of the geometric abstraction movement of Como.

He was also active in the Ticino Art panorama, in particular with Gino Macconi, director of the ‘Il Mosaico’ Art Gallery and a well-known art critic.

Significant were also his participations in the 1970s, in the "Lario Cadorago Award" with an exhibition of the works in the prestigious spaces of Villa Olmo.

In 1975-76, Alberto Nàtile decided to improve his artistic career and enrolled at the Brera Academy in Milan. These are four years of great commitment but a source of satisfaction as well. Among the lecturers of absolute respect: Purificato, Gandola, Boriani, just to name a few of them. Among them, Professor Raffaele De Grada one of the highest authorities in the national art world. While attending his classes at the Academy, he also took part at the cosmopolitan Milanese artistic circle.

In these years, it is also worth to mention a rich production of graphic works on paper using various techniques, including the complex and delicate art of engraving (etchings, serigraphs, etc.).

A production of sculptures made of stone and other materials complete his artistic path.