In recalling the figure of Antonio Pala, I can not go back in time and remember when, still little more than a child, I saw the open door of the cellar Tiu Pala (Anthony's father Pala) and I slipped it inside. Between the barrels and in the corners of the cellar, I was looking for the small sculptures made of white tuff and admired them with pride,it,because they had been made by Tiu Palieddu,it,Everyone knew that Palieddu had left the country to pursue his passion,it,He was the only one in his family who had had the opportunity to attend school,it,they understood that supporting him in his artistic studies was a necessary effort,it,Everyone knew that Palieddu was an artist,it,so much so that we considered this as an event that made us truly proud,it,Today I find myself as mayor commemorating the art master Antonio Pala,it,I can say that the Administration chaired by me is honored to be able to contribute to the birth of this volume which,it, perché erano state realizzate da Tiu Palieddu. Tutti sapevano che Palieddu era andato via dal paese per inseguire la sua passione. Era l’unico della sua famiglia che aveva avuto la possibilità di frequentare delle scuole. It was not easy in those days but, evidently, avevano capito che sostenerlo negli studi artistici fosse uno sforzo necessario. Tutti sapevano che Palieddu era un artista, tanto da considerare questo come un evento che ci rendeva davvero orgogliosi. Oggi che mi trovo in veste di primo cittadino a commemorare il maestro d’arte Antonio Pala, posso affermare che l’Amministrazione da me presieduta è onorata di poter contribuire alla nascita di questo volume che, We're not sure, will contribute with prestige to keeping alive the artistic memory of our illustrious fellow citizen,it,or his long silences,it,To them,it,in our eyes,it,which he called 'study',it,In recent years we have sorted and classified by technique,it,traced those owned by other private individuals or gallery owners,it,We therefore offer short excerpts in the appendix,it,We would like to sincerely thank the Municipality of Laerru here,it,which contributed to financing the release of this catalogue,it,to support a research activity aimed not only at the inventory of the numerous works,it.

Franco Fraoni (Mayor of Laerru)

Antonio Pala willingly attended the younger painters, and it was not uncommon to encounter someone at their easels, o i suoi lunghi silenzi. Ad essi, and painters today, we are ideally addressed when choosing from that broad material that makes it alive, ai nostri occhi, his atelier, che lui chiamava ‘studio’. In questi ultimi anni abbiamo ordinato e classificato per tecnica, period and size of the works in our possession, rintracciato quelle di proprietà di altri privati o galleristi, retracing thereby also the moments of critical favor met, years, from these works; ne offriamo così in appendice dei brevi stralci. Ci teniamo qui a ringraziare sentitamente il Comune di Laerru, country of origin of the artist, che ha contribuito a finanziare l’uscita del presente catalogo, e l’Associazione culturale Malik, which also is committed, obtaining funding from the Province of Cagliari, per sostenere una attività di ricerca volta non solo all’inventariazione delle numerose opere, but also to the study by experts.

His wife Anita and their children Paul, Sandra, Brunella, and Valentina.