trade union organization of artists linked to the Fascist Party) in Trieste. From 1935 to 1938 the painter had a period of frequent exhibitions in Poland, Bulgaria, Hungary and in Italy in Naples. The Second World War was taken up as a theme by De Finetti in his later works: one of these was entitled Gli infoibati, dedicated to the Foibe massacres. In 1948 in London De Finetti took part in the art competition at the 1948 Summer Olympics in the disciplines of painting and graphics. In 1950 he produced the work Via Crucis, exhibited at the Church of Santi Maria and Zenone in Corona. De Finetti died suddenly in Gorizia on 5 August 1955, suffering a heart attack while he was at the city post office. References 1877 births 1955 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Olympic competitors in art competitions People from Pazin 20th-century Italian male artists Austro-Hungarian artists