Benini was born in 1941 in Imola, in the Emilia Romagna region. Paintings and watercolors from the 1950’s illustrate landscapes and still lifes in a traditional style. After leaving his parents' home in his teens, he survived primarily as an itinerant painter, painting small watercolors and oils using his bicycle as an easel…
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