1950 Born in Palermo
1973 Gets his diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome
The “Espresso” – October 17, 1991 “…and at the mere age of seventeen (it was in 1967) the Einaudi Gallery organizes the first one-man show of this young talent. The following year Madaudo went to Rome where he signed up at the Academy of Fine Arts…”
1976 Receives the Yellow Kid gold medal as best Italian illustrator
The “Espresso” – The Arts – September 13, 1992 “…Madaudo the portrait engraver (he won the Yellow Kid award in Lucca as the best Italian illustrator in 1976), has by now definitely decided to follow the road to painting, excluding the graphical forms of communication that cannot be defined by the classical brushstroke on a canvas…”
1976 – 1990
His works are collected into various books by editors, such as, Garzanti, Franco Maria Ricci, Rizzoli, Novecento, Mondadori and others. One-man shows take place in Italy, Germany, Switzerland.
1990 – 1993
Various museum foundations buy his works, among which the Modern Arts Museum of Takayama in Japan.
The “Espresso” – October 17, 1996 “…from being a famous illustrator to becoming an artist from the past… Beppe Madaudo who today is famous both because of his past as an illustrator and due to his recent paintings and that have been rendering him famous on an international level…after ten years of success (his works are exhibited among the collections of the AMSA Galleries in Hamburg and of the Yoko Civilization Research Institute in Takayama)…”
1993 – 2007
Public collections including Olivetti’s in Italy, the AMSA Galerie's in Germany, the Yoko Civilization Research Institute’s in Japan. “Great Twentieth Century Artists” on-line dedicated to great artists of the twentieth century gives an important space to Madaudo’s works. Exhibitions take place in Italy, Switzerland, Germany, Japan and the United States, the last one being in Milan organized by Arthemisia together with the vast show called “Ukiyoe” at the Royal Palace.
In his works he uses a sophisticated painting technique on wood, using boards prepared with natural glues and pigments, and then painting them with oil painting.