▁works ▁ ▁Early ▁life ▁and ▁education ▁( 1 9 2 7 - 1 9 4 8 ) ▁▁ ▁Bruno ▁Car uso ▁was ▁born ▁in ▁Pal ermo , ▁on ▁August ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 9 2 7 , ▁to ▁Giuseppe ▁Car uso ▁and ▁Maria ▁Cu cco . ▁As ▁a ▁child ▁he ▁learned ▁to ▁draw ▁under ▁the ▁tut el age ▁of ▁his ▁father , ▁mainly ▁copying ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁classical ▁master s ▁like ▁Leon ardo ▁Da ▁V inci , ▁P isan ello ▁and ▁Andrea ▁M ante g na . ▁His ▁first ▁collection ▁of ▁draw ings ▁was ▁completed ▁at ▁age ▁ 5 ▁( 1 9 3 1 – 3 2 ); ▁a ▁best i ary ▁featuring ▁' Il ▁C ane ' ▁( 1 9 3 2 ), ▁a ▁met icul ously ▁craft ed ▁drawing ▁of ▁a ▁dog , ▁text ured ▁by ▁need le point ▁( see ▁image ). ▁ ▁Car uso ' s ▁early ▁influ ences ▁were ▁the ▁famous ▁Or to ▁botan ico ▁di ▁Pal ermo ▁and ▁Mon re ale ▁C athedral , ▁but ▁as ▁the ▁Second ▁Ital o - E th iop ian ▁War , ▁Spanish ▁Civil ▁War ▁and ▁eventually ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁ign ited , ▁he ▁turned ▁his ▁attention ▁to ▁dep ict ing ▁the ▁horror ▁and ▁isol ation ▁of ▁war . ▁At ▁age ▁ 1 9 ▁he ▁left ▁Italy ▁for ▁the ▁second ▁time ▁to ▁visit ▁Mun ich ▁and ▁the ▁Kunst histor isches ▁Museum ▁in ▁Vienna , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁prof ound ly ▁affected ▁by ▁the ▁work ▁of ▁Gustav ▁K lim t ▁and ▁George