The following was submitted August 2012 by Erin-Marie Wallace M.A.
Written by James McGillis, an independent researcher for Costantino Proietto.

Costantino Proietto (1910 - 1979) - Twentieth Century Italian Impressionist Painter. Born in Catania, Sicily and apprenticed to Prof. Fernand Cappuccio of the Academy of Art, Florence, Italy from 1924 until 1942. During Cappuccio's restoration of the Basilica of Saint Mary, in Randazzo, Sicily, apprentice Proietto received on-the-job training from the master. In the central vault of the ancient basilica, Proietto's palette knives restored frescoes and other artwork dating back to the thirteenth century.

During World War II, Proietto took the unusual step of emigrating f...