Umberto Roberto Romano: A Life Bridging Italy and America Born: Bracigliano, Italy (1906) Died: 1982 Umberto Roberto Romano, also known as Umberto Romano, was an Italian-born American painter whose career spanned several decades and artistic movements. Born in Bracigliano, Italy, in 1906, he immigrated to the United States with his family at the age of nine. His upbringing in Springfield, Massachusetts, shaped his early expe…