Lea Vergine, born Lea Buoncristiano (5 March 1936 – 20 October 2020), was an Italian art critic, essayist and curator.
Biography
Naples: childhood, youth and early exhibitions
Lea Buoncristiano was born in Naples on 5 March 1936, where she was raised by her grandparents who took her away from her mother, whom they considered to be too humble of a background. She received her first schooling from a private teacher. She then attended the Liceo Umberto I, where she formed a close relationship based on mutual esteem with her Italian teacher, Teresa Benevento. She enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy, which she left at the age of 19 to start writing for local newspapers. Vergine married Adamo Vergine at a very young age in the same year and kept his surname even after their separation.
