It’s been more than 40 years that Edoardo Puglisi started to make a name for himself in the international art scene. Born 1936 into a noble family of Catania (Sicily) he has known from an early age that he wants to become an artist. So he leaves his native Sicily and moves to Paris, where for some time he lives the life of an easygoing Montmartre bohemian, meeting artists and writers that have a formative influence on his style. His talent is soon recognized and he joins a group of painters that is invited by the Persian Government to decorate the winter garden of the Shah’s Imperial Palace.

In 1963, Puglisi has his first solo show in the Northern Italian city of Pavia. Many other exhibitions and cultural events are to follow, Milan, Paris, Teheran, Cannes, Bale, Belgrade, Bologna, Lugano, Shiraz, Tunis, Rome, Aix-en-Provence, Los Angeles, Las Vegas are places he is to become familiar with.

In 1973, Puglisi receives an award with which a jury of American journalists recognize his international importance, other v.i.p. thus honoured with him are Henry Kissinger, Ted Kennedy, Liza Minelli, Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin. And in 1979 Italian President Sandro Pertini makes him “Cavaliere al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” in honour of his artistic merits. During his career Puglisi obtains numerous prizes and official awards for his works. Pope John Paul II remarks that he “has felt a clear message of peace” viewing Puglisi’s painting “Primavera” (Spring), which the artist presented to the Vatican Museum in 1993.