"Largo Maradona"

Few people are aware that football legend Diego Maradona was a benefactor of Pompei's orphanages. Maximiliano Bagnasco wished to commemorate him with a mural in Pompei to remind everyone of his generous nature. 

 

"I never expected that my mural would lead to the renaming of a street in Pompei. I often say that I want to transform places, and it has finally occurred. My homage to Diego is a new victory for Diego! Many thanks to the Pompeians and the Pompei Street Festival organisers for their support!" Maximiliano Bagnasco 

Argentine artist, Maximiliano Bagnasco studied advertising was always associated with drawing, painting, caricatures, portraits, illustrations, graphic humour, cartoons, and muralism. At the age of 17, he began publishing books and journals, and at the age of 21, he switched to a more performative stage, creating caricatures live at parties, events, and television channels. He created graphics for national and international publications. His art crossed borders and reached celebrities such as Steven Tyler, Ozzy Osbourne, Guns n' Roses, and Megadeth. In 2014, he released his book and began teaching drawing, realistic painting, portraiture, and caricature, where he devised approaches for quick learning and welcomed students from a wide range of creative disciplines. He is currently working with Domestika on an online course that is sold all over the world and available in six languages. Maxi received commissions to create paintings and murals in honour of notable Argentine cultural figures, including Lionel Messi, Ernesto Sábato, Jorge Luis Borge, Mercedes Sosa, Mariano Mores, Jorge Guinzburg, and Ringo Bonavena. In his newly established "Maxi Bagnasco Arts Space," he conducts workshops. He gained international recognition for his Maradona paintings and murals, appearing on the world's most major media outlets, such as Rai, CNN, ESPN, TVE, and Telemundo.