Mario Delitala (1887–1990) was one of the leading Sardinian artists of the twentieth century, best known for his work as an engraver. Born in Orani, he captured Sardinia through intense and realistic images, inspired by everyday life, popular traditions, and the island’s rural world. His graphic work, particularly his woodcuts, is distinguished by the expressive…
Remo Branca was born in Sassari into a wealthy family on May 4, 1897. He completed his studies in his hometown, earning a law degree in 1921. Despite his scientific and legal education, he had a boundless love for art, particularly engraving. Even as a high school student in Sassari, he was drawn to painting…
Anna Marongiu Pernis (Cagliari 1907 – Ostia 1941) was a multifaceted Sardinian artist, known for her work as a painter, engraver, and illustrator. One of the most interesting figures in Italian graphic art in the 1930s, she studied with Carlo Alberto Petrucci, director of the Calcografia Nazionale in Rome, specializing in the technique of etching,…
Felice Melis Marini (Cagliari 1871–1953) was one of the leading Sardinian engravers of the 20th century and a central figure in the spread of etching in Sardinia, a technique on which he wrote a practical manual in 1916 that had a great influence on local artists. Trained in Rome, where he attended the Scuola Libera…