This artist, born in the Venetian hinterland in 1945 of a French father, attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice. In this city of art, where artists flock from all over the world, Raffandré came into contact with famous masters, under whose direction he underwent a severe artistic apprenticeship. His particular aptitude for painting allowed him to learn over a fairly brief period of time, the techniques of drawing and of painting in water-colour before progressing definitely to oil painting. He then moved to Paris where he was able to study for several years the works of the Impressionists and his love of sun inspired colours of nature; his still-life paintings bring to mind thoses paintings of the French school. "...The foregrounds stand out softly from the backgrounds and observing one of Raffandre's paintings, the importance of colour, studied and used in all its vast chromatic range, can be understood ..." He returned to Italy full of energy and with a wise experience, taking part in group exhibitions of national interest and winning positive recognition from both the critics and the public alike. In the last works the artist has expanded his paintings on the frames which has made the most of his Tuscan and Venetian landscapes.