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Luigi De Mitri (Squinzano 1943) is an Italian Artist Biography The artist and sculptor Luigi De Mitri was born in Squinzano (Lecce, Italy) in 1943. Since 1968 he lives in Lecce where he also works. During his career he won several public competitive exams and from 1972 to 2013 he was professor at “G. Banzi Bazoli” High School where he taught Descriptive Geometry and Art History. He was also member of several public judging commissions for the Italian Ministry of Education. His most important works like oil paintings, drawings, engravings and frescoes, are located in many private and public collections, in Italy and all over the World. His homelands Squinzano, Lecce and Santa Maria di Leuca, have always been protagonists of his artistic path and they are the most concrete witnesses of his success.

With his works he was in many leading Art Galleries all over the world: 1969 - Italy, Bari, Galleria Piccini; 1971 - Italy, ---, Casa Editrice Signorelli; 1972 - Italy, San Remo, Casinò; 1975 - Italy, Genova, Italian-American Club, 1975 - Italy, Terme di Boario, 1975 - US, New York 1975 - UK, London Gallery 1975 - Italy, Milan Via Durini’s Club; 1980 - Italy, MIlan Apollineare Gallery 1981- Italy, Florence “Il Gabbiano” Gallery 1982 - Italy, Rome “Colosseo” and “S.Fedele” Gallery 1983 - Hollande, Enschede “Tardy” Gallery 1984 - US, NYC at Artexpo 1988 - Italy, Rome Palazzo Barberini 1991 - US, Los Angeles 2000/2001 - Monopoli,Monopoli,New York, Jerusalem,Strasbourg with a 100 works collection about Holy Bible. He explained the Divine Comedy in 86 works, unhappy love affairs of Partenio di Nicea with 36 paintings, homeless people of Termini Station Rome in 11 artworks. For the visit of Pope Saint John Paul II in Lecce he made the poster of the Diocese and the stage backdrop. With Pope Benedict XVI in Leuca he drew 5 works for 5 front-pages newspapers edited by father Corrado Morciano. His works also are in Citta del Vaticano collection : “Attentato al Santo Padre” cm 240x180 ; 9 engravings about Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri,5 original drawinings on Pope Benedetto XVI. Palazzo Madama collection: “il Giudizio Universale”(stroboscopia cm.80x100) oil on canvas. Tour exhibition of “Homeless People” collection was in Carlo V Castle Lecce (2009), Torretta Valadier, and Lateranense University Rome (2010), Narni-Terni-Amelia Diocese (2012) In 2016 he featured migrants phenomenon in Italy with 10 artworks oil on canvas called “Migrants” collection. He is actually in tour with this last achievement. The first exhibition was in Nov 2016 in Benedectines Monastery Lecce,in Palazzo delle Aquile Palermo 2017, and Aragonese Castle In his career he pubblished books and critical essays: Vamgelo secondo S.Luca, edizioni “Vivere in” Roma Il Vangelo secondo S.Giovanni edizioni “Vivere in” Roma Dall’angoscia delle tenebre all’estasi della luce nel viaggio di Dante edizioni “Panico” Galatina Nel magico mondo del mito, edizioni “Schena” Fasano La Sacra Bibbia, edizioni “Panico” Galatina Il carnevale in Paradiso, edizioni “Panico” Galatina Bozzetti (1960-96), edizioni “Panico” A confronto Masaccio e Masolino da Panicale La “Cento Pietre” e la chiesa di S.GIovanni Battista, Patu’ (Le) Cenni storici sulla prospettiva scientifica Chiesa di S.Maria di ogni bene, Lecce Chiesa di S.Giovanni Evangelista, S.cesario di Lecce Chiesa dei Battenti, Galatina (Le) Chiesa di S.Pietro, Giuliano (Le) David nella storia dell’arte(sec XV-XVIII) Un’opera di Giovanni Pisano in S.Caternina d’Alessandria a Galatina? L’architettura nella chiesa di Santa Caterina d’Alessandria in Galatina