Raimondo Roberti was born on May 31st, 1947 in Naples, Italy. The son of an artist, Roberti grew up painting. His father began to teach him how to paint with oils at the age of seven.


Members of his family, who were high military officers of the Royal Fleet, strongly influenced Roberti and his lifelong attraction to all things pertaining to the sea.


His family's isolated villa was very near the grounds of G. Gigante. Gigante who was one of the foremost exponents of Neopolitan classical painting, a painting style known as the School of Posillipo, an artistic style that Roberti would study later in life.


By the time Roberti finished high school he had exhibited his paintings in local galleries.&nbs...