Fausto Vagnetti

Some of his principal works are monumental landscapes ("Tra le querce" 1915, "Tramonto al Palatino"1924), portraits of a deep psychological sharpness ("Giovanni Giolitti" 1928, only existing portrait of this statesman; "Anima mite" 1923; "L’ingegnere Dino Chiaraviglio" 1938, "La mia Mamma cieca" 1938), large compositions of familiar or social characters ("Moti proletari" 1904, "Dolore antico" 1921, "Sosta dolorosa" 1948).

In 1922 he painted three monumental portraits of the Italian Sovereigns for the Governmental Palace of Zara; in 1923 he carried out a "Trittico francescano" in the Church of S. Polo near La Verna (in Tuscany).

Pietro e Paolo in EUR at Rome and, in 1944, for the Board Office of the Italian Socialist Party, he painted the portraits of Bruno Buozzi, Giacomo Matteotti and Filippo Turati.

In 2004 two anthological exhibitions were opened in Anghiari, his native town, and in Rome, accommodated by the Ministero dei Beni ambientali e culturali (Ministry of Culture) in the San Michele a Ripa's Institute.

In the same year he published "Il disegno nelle scuole d’Italia" Metodo per gli Istituti magistrali" (Draftsmanship in Italian schools, a method for teacher's colleges).