Giovanni Stradone attended Ferruccio Ferrazzi's studio at a very young age and at the same time devoted himself to entomology. After a pictorial debut in line with the research carried out by the "tonalists", he looked with particular interest at the expressionism of Mafai and above all of Scipione. Characteristic of the production of these years is the attempt to reduce the image to a simple material movement, so as to assume highly intimate values. His first public appearance in the Prelittoriali exhibition dates back to 1935, then in 1939 he exhibited at the Galleria delle Terme. In the 1940s,with a series of drawings strongly linked to the dramatic situation of the period, his artistic inventiveness reached a salient phase. In 1942 G. Dessì, "Giovanni Stradone", Rome 1950; G. de Chirico, "Giovanni Stradone", Rome 1964; V. Rivosecchi, A. Trombadori, "Rome just yesterday ", Rome 1986. Credits: Netta Vespignani, Francesca FR Morelli, Valerio Rivosecchi...