Gaetano Tranchino

Gaetano Tranchino is a Sicilian painter known for his depictions of Sicily.

Tranchino identifies as a self-taught artist and is considered an Italian Naïve artist.

[1] Gaetano Tranchino was born in Syracuse, Sicily in 1938.

[citation needed] A friend of the writer Leonardo Sciascia and the photographer Ferdinando Scianna, Tranchino has exhibited his work throughout Italy and beyond since 1964.

[citation needed] Irish poet Pat Boran's books often feature cover images by Tranchino,[2] including his anthology The Word Ark: A Pocket Book of Animal Poems.