Daniele Nadone was an Italian post-modern painter and photographer who committed suicide at his home in 2005 in Trastevere

Trastevere

Trastevere is rione XIII of Rome, on the west bank of the Tiber, south of Vatican City. Its name comes from the Latin trans Tiberim, meaning literally "beyond the Tiber". The correct pronunciation is "tras-TEH-ve-ray", with the accent on the second syllable. Its logo is a golden head of a lion on a...

, Rome

Rome

Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...

at the age of 26.

Found materials

Actual canvases were seldom used because of their cost, instead, he would use wood found on the streets of Rome to paint on. As he came from a very poor family, his art was the family's main source of income. The Nadones would sell his art at the Porta Portese market. Paintings that were not sold at the market were recycled to create new paintings that were to be sold the following Sunday. Of the paintings he has created, only about 150 are still in circulation. His mother owns a few others.