pictures’ (tableaux piège), in which he fixed the remains of the ordinarily mundane, such as the constituents of a meal, crockery and glassware, in vertical tableaus. Camilleri evidently had embarked on such experimentation prior to the Swiss artist, as shown in Camilleri’s similarly themed work. Cassar states that he approached major art institutions with this claim and none of them negated its veracity. This adds another layer to the relevance of Camilleri as an artist of international importance. Exhibitions Camilleri was among the first Maltese artists to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in the country's inaugural pavilion in 1958. Health and death The artist suffered from various health problems throughout his life, in 1972 he had a heart attack which forced him to stop teaching for a short period of time. Later, in 1978, he underwent major surgery which he memorialised in a work called After Surgery, 1983. In 1996 Camilleri went through a by-pass, later producing a work titled After the By-Pass, 1999, in which he included the surgical knife that was used during the operation. In 2003 he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and took up residence at St. Vincent de Paul Long Term Care Facility. Antoine Camilleri died on 23 November 2005. References 1922 births 2005 deaths Maltese artists People from Valletta Recipients of Midalja għall-Qadi tar-Repubblika Academic staff of the University of Malta