Early Life, Family and Training Montreal, October 2, 1911. Joseph Giunta enters a world shaped by his parents' Sicilian origins. The impulse to create arrives early; by age fourteen, he is already painting. This nascent drive leads him to the Monument National in 1925, where he enrolls in evening drawing classes. Under the guidance of Adrien Hébert and John Young Johnstone, the foundations of his technical skill begin to take shape.…