While Chiarandini was still a little child, his family, including his mother and brother, took shelter in a refugee camp in southern Italy.
[1] In 1932, he left fascist Italy with his brother and mother to reunite with the father, who, after fighting in World War I, ended up in Toronto.
In Canada, Chiarandini attended the Ontario College of Art, where he received scholarships and completed the program with honours.
[1] Meanwhile, his reputation as an artist continued to grow and he received numerous commissions to paint prominent citizens and university and hospital administrators.
He worked at the Ontario College of Art as an instructor in portrait painting for a few years also teaching at Northern Secondary School.
The style Chiarandini adopted is a sort of symbolic realism based on the classics but influenced by Canadian movements.
At Ontario College of Art, Chiarandini studied under the guidance of Frederick Challener, John Alfsen, and Franklin Carmichael, a member of the Group of Seven.
[1] His works are represented in private and public collections around the world, including the Robert McLaughlin Gallery and the National Archives of Canada.
[12] In 2004, a major collection of his paintings were donated to the Georgina Arts Centre and Gallery in Sutton, Ontario, as a part of The Group of Seven Project.
[15] The Georgina Arts Centre & Gallery of Ontario has organized an exhibition in collaboration with the Canadian Cultural Center of the University of Udine.