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                                      Bruno Croatto studied art in Munich during 
                                      the early 1990s and returned to Italy 
                                      eventually settling in Rome in 1925. 
                                      Around that time he became interested in 
                                      the still life genre due to his admiration 
                                      of 17th Century Dutch art. Similar art was 
                                      produced by German artist
                                      Rudolf Dischinger 
                                      or Austrian Rudolf 
                                      Wacker.  
                                      
                                                 
                                      Croatto was apparently an independent 
                                      artist working as a modern Classicist. His 
                                      art anticipates the work of Contemporary 
                                      Realists like Claudio 
                                      Bravo and John Stuart Ingle. Some of 
									  his work falls into the category of 
									  Illusionistic Magic Realism.   |