AGOSTINO DE ROMANIS (Velletri, 1947)."I Cardinali" 1985.Técnica mixta sobre cartón.Colección Picilli Bruno, Velletri.Medidas: 45 x 66 cm.This work inspired a fresco in the church of Santa Maria Degli Artigiani in Rome. Another artwork from the same series is in the private collection of Monseigneur, France. Artist of the postmodernist movement Pittura Colta, founded by the critic Italo Mussa in the 1980s, his work has been characterized by his ability to evoke with intense plasticity images of fairy tales and legendary places with unique colours. In 2007 the painter is invited to exhibit his works in the artistic review "A Sea of Art" - "Mediterranean Mirror of the Sky" which takes place in Palermo (Palazzo S. Elia) - Civitavecchia (Forte Michelangelo) - Frosinone (Villa Municipale). In 2009 on the island of Sant'Antioco he exhibited in the framework of the Contemporary Art Competition that takes place there: "Arciere". In 2010 he received another important recognition from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which collects De Romanis' paintings in the Farnese Collection in Rome. In 2011 he was invited to the 54th Venice Biennale International Art Exhibition - Regions of Italy curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. In 2012 he exhibited the series of works The Painted Thought - The Mystical Force of the Eastern World at the Vicolo Valdina Complex - Chamber of Deputies, curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. In October 2012, the paintings of the new large work "In the origin of things" are exhibited at the "Centro Elsa Morante" in Rome, presented by Arch. Roberto Luciani in a catalogue. In 2013 the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities General Directorate of Landscape, Fine Arts, Architecture and contemporary art, acquired five paintings from the series "In the origin of things" in the permanent exhibition. In 2015 the publishing house Palombi published and distributed the biography "De Romanis pictor" by Antonio Venditti with a presentation by Roberto Luciani. In 2016 he was invited to exhibit 33 works in the Church of Santa Maria dell'Orto in Rome "De Romanis a Santa Maria dell'Orto" Exhibition conceived and curated by Roberto Luciani (catalogue published by the Publishing House "Dei Merangoli - Rome"). In 2019 he is invited to exhibit at the Civic Archaeological Museum of Anzio, a series of paintings for a dialogue between Archaeology and modern and contemporary art. The exhibition was conceived and curated by Roberto Luciani, the catalogue published by the "Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Antica e Moderna" publishing house. On 9 February 2021, the anthological exhibition De Romanis opened at the Monumental Complex of San Salvatore in Lauro in Rome. Art meets dreams, curated by Roberto Luciani (Il Cigno catalogue). The event covers his entire career, from the beginnings to the latest production. Vittorio Sgarbi wrote in 2005: "For De Romanis, immersion in the Orient is also a technical choice, an attempt to appropriate the sensibility in the relationship with things and also with the typical materials of the Orient: the lacquers of these surfaces so dense in colour." This is perhaps the most interesting aspect of De Romanis' research at this stage, in which technology is at the service of the spirit".