Francesco Tammaro was born in Naples in 1939 where he attended the Instituto D'Arte di Napoli, one of the most reputed Fine Art schools in Italy. Shortly after graduation he traveled to France where he lived for a few years.

The artist is now also a valued and appreciated teacher of art who has the capacity of awakening in his students the love of a style of art which seems to be disappearing, suffocated by superficiality and abstraction.

He was nominated Academician of Italy in 1978 and awarded a gold medal by the Academy of Italy of Salsomaggiore. This academy also dedicated an entire color page to him in The Great Dictionary of Italian Artists..

During his artistic career he has participated in many cultural events and has held collective and one-man exhibitions in the most important art centers of Italy: Florence, Rome, Sienna, Venice, Assisi and many others. He has also participated in collective exhibitions in international cities such as Paris, London, Helsinki and Vienna.