Gabriele Reina was born in Lugano (Switzerland) in 1969 to an old Lombard family of military and industrial traditions. He earned two MA in Languages (1995) and Art History (1997) from the University of Milan, and later a Ph.D. in Art History from the University of Lausanne. He was writer and last editor in chief of the historical publishing company FMR/Franco Maria Ricci, and author of books and essays (Palazzo Altieri; Bologna; Castles of the world; Superga segreta etc.) A portraitist painter... follower of Old Masters too, he was a pupil of the futurist Master Sibò (1907-2000). He is a member of the Robert Louis Stevenson Club (Edinburgh) and craft member of the Society of Heraldic Arts. A great lover of travels, he hiked twice along Via Francigena, Way of St. James, Pyrénées Scotland, Portugal, Poland. And - hundred of times - Italy of course, strictly on foot or by bike. And always writing and drawing.
