Salvatore Fancello (Dorgali 1916 - Bregu Rapit 1941), second last of twelve children, showed artistic talent early. After graduating in 1929, he worked in a ceramics workshop in Dorgali and enrolled at the ISIA in Monza, attending courses with Giovanni Pintori and Costantino Nivola. In 1936, he exhibited at the VI Triennale in Milan, where he won the Gran Premio. During the war he worked with futurists like Martini, Sassu, and Fontana. He died in Bregu Rapit (Albania), on the war front, in 1941. In 1942, a tribute exhibition was held at the Pinacoteca di Brera, and in 1947, he was awarded the medaglia d'oro al valore.