An apparently banal encounter, which later proved to be an inspiration for the author, who remained greatly involved in the paintings depicting female figures dressed in red that set fire to the walls of the Piazza Garibaldi gallery in Menaggio, decided to deepen her knowledge of the imaginative painter who he had painted and enclosed it in an unusual biography.
The artist has not escaped the desire and amidst fluent conversations, reflections, some incomprehension of obligation and amusing digressions Life of an Artist - Telling Riccardo Maffioli has taken shape until becoming a book.
Riccardo Maffioli, an artist with a singular and courageous life that enclosed in a book can be enlightening for others.