Born in Capurso on 25 October 1933, Vito Giovannelli He was the son of a lace merchant, Vincenzo, and a lacemaker, Maria Concetta Egidio. Having inherited his parents' artistic talent, Giovannelli loved drawing. He first became a pupil of Umberto Colonna of Bari from whom he learned the art of black and white and decoration and then from Corrado De Bari, master of typography, and Dario Del Monte, master of lithography. At the typolithographic laboratories of “Arti Grafiche Favia” in Bari He learned to engrave lithographic stone and created the first boxes for confectionery factories and labels for canning factories and wineries for the Favia company. He then moved to Naples to complete his art studies and then to Munich, where he specialized in mosaics and stained glass. He returned to Italy in 1959 as an art teacher at the state middle schools of Pianella, Moscufo, Francavilla al Mare, and Pescara, using his own text, "Educating with Art," published in 1962 by Paravia. He died in Pescara on July 15, 2024.