Aristide Gattavecchia was born in Cesena in the year 1907. His youth passed through two world wars that marked him deeply. His soul, so sensitive and eager for culture, led him to take an interest from a very young age in art and history, his two greatest passions.Only after the war was he able to devote himself completely to painting and sculpture. He experimented with the most varied materials, moving from paper to plastic, from fabric to board, and even from styrofoam to clay for sculptures.

He dealt with powerful themes such as violence (of war), 'incommunicability and loneliness.

And again the themes of a society that changes quickly and does not know how to deal with and organize the mutations appropriately: ecology, saving, consumerism.
And finally more topical content than ever such as homosexuality and discrimination

He investigated the human soul, pushing the rawest and most intimate observation.