Tonino Gottarelli

Tonino Gottarelli is presented in the review as an Imola-based artist who combined painting and poetry. His practice included collage (using advertising posters, newspapers such as the Gazzetta dello Sport), a focus on landscapes and local hills, and poetic titles that interact with the pictorial work.

Associated with Imola and Romagna; known for mixing poetry and painting, using collage technique and landscape motifs; cycling enthusiast referenced in multiple anecdotes; made occasional public media appearances (review references two appearances on the Maurizio Costanzo Show).

A warmly admiring review of Tonino Gottarelli's exhibition Il colore dell'anima in Imola, emphasising the artist's fusion of poetry and painting. Key motifs: cycling, hills of Imola, collage elements (posters, newspaper), and recurring traffic-sign imagery. The reviewer recalls personal encounters and the poetic titles that frame the paintings.

For:Readers interested in Italian painting, poetic artists, collage and local Imola art history.