 He frequented the USIS Library in Turin, and in 1958 he went to the PAC in Milan, to see the exhibition of American painting; a visit which marked the beginning of his interest in Gorky and particularly in abstract expressionism.In 1958 he was admitted to the annual "Promotrice delle Belle Arti" in Turin.He completed his diploma at the Liceo and then, for a few years, worked as a cost estimator in his father's firm, which specialised in metal structural work.