Guido Appendino "The Painter of fairy-tales" was born in Chieri in 1937.

His personal shows date back to 1973, in Turin, Milan and Bologna.

For many years his favourite subjects were ancient mediaeval towns, full of colour and inhabited by magnificent fantastic animals.

Today ancient monuments in towns are still very much at the heart of his paintings, transformed into imaginative, invented compositions.

As well as a painter, he is also a goldsmith, creating jewels in gold using the cire perdue casting tecnique.

He has also produced numerous large indoor and outdoor murals using acrylic paints, decorating scraves, evening bags, silk shirts and cushions, trays, telephone books, etc with the same subjects.