In Florence, he occasionally frequented Caffè Michelangiolo, a gathering place for Macchiaioli painters. He met the artists who influenced some of his works painted en plein air.

For about twenty years, Renato Guttuso's artistic and sentimental life was united with that of Countess Marta Marzotto.

Italian artist of the Scuola di Piazza del Popolo protagonist of the art scene from the late 1950s to the 2000s.

Trained in the Veneto region, he went to Rome at a very young age in 1926, coming into contact with the leading artists active in the capital.

He painted views of the city by day and by night, capturing everyday life, including brawls and prostitutes.

René Lalique the Art of Glass

He took part in the Novecento Italiano exhibition organized by Margherita Sarfatti (8 April 1880 – 30 October 1961) an Italian journalist and art critic..

Gatti showed these works at the Futurist Exhibition, in October 1928 opened by Filippo Tommaso Marinetti in Faenza

In 1961 he was appointed professor of mosaic at the Ecole Nationale de Paris, where he remained until 1995.

In his gallery of portraits are many famous and regular people, each in the most fitting setting, attuned to their personality and character.

He painted historical subjects, sacred subjects, landscapes, rural scenes in the Florentine area, Capri marinas, and lagoon views.

Roberto Melli, in his early years in Rome, was also interested in filmmaking and directed a film inspired by one of Andersen's fairy tales.