Xavier de Maistre, graduate at Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti di Torino, has been a student of Mario Calandri and Francesco Franco who passed on the passion for engraving.

This is the method he has chosen in order to represent the world that surrounds him, and the remote and ancestral memory of what that world was many years ago.

Fantasy Scenes, relived with closed eyes, of ancient cities and castles where mankind lived it's own isolation with indifference and solidarity for his neighbours: all alike, all alone, all soldiers.

Then there are forests with it's natural inhabitants that few people are still able to see. These houses and forests are endangered values, and Xavier de Maistre, in his way, becomes their fascinated, but worried keeper.

1949
 Xavier de Maistre is born in Torino on the 1st ofaprile. He grows in the family house at Borgo Cornalese (Villastellone) south of Turin, once home of duke Laval-Montmorency, both are relatives of de Maistre.
1967
 Attends Accademia di Belle Arti di Torino and the instructions of Mario Calandri and Francesco Franco emphaize his talent as an etcher.
1969
 First exhibit at the Caravella (Carmagnola).
1971
 Exhibit at Antonio Bruno in Torino, al Circolo degli Artisti di Torino and Pro-Loco di Almese.
1972
 Rewarded at the fifth etcher student contest of Belle Arti a Roma.
Exhibit at Centro Culturale franco-italiano a Torino.
1974
 Exhibition at Palazzo del Comune di Baldissero d'Alba.
1979
 Exhibition at Centro Culturale Franco-Italiano a Torino.
1981
 Exhibition at Galleria 3A di Torino.
1982
 Exhibition at Galleria 3A di Torino.
1984
 Exhibition at 'Hotel des Etats ad Aosta.
Exhibition at Museo dell'Arte di San Paolo (Brasile).
1987
 Exhibition at Brehemont nella Loira (Francia).
1989
 Exhibition at Galleria Nick Edel a Torino.
1990
 Presence at Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea a Torino.
Presence at Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea a Firenze.
1991
 Exhibition at Galleria SANBI di Tokio.
1993
 Exhibition at Palazzo Lomellini a Carmagnola.
Exhibition at Piemonte Artistico e Culturale a Torino.
1994
 Exhibition at Giardini in Fiera a San Casciano Val di Pesa (Firenze).
1995
 Exhibition at Libreria Borgopò di Torino.
Exhibition at Castello di Roncade (Treviso).
Exhibition at Artigianato e Palazzo presso Palazzo Corsini a Firenze.
Exhibition at Villa Arvedi a Grezzana (Verona)
1996
 Exhibition at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale a Carmagnola.
Exhibition at Casa Dugnani a Robecco (Milano).
Exhibition at Artigianato e Palazzo presso Palazzo Corsini a Firenze.
1997
 Exhibition at Scuola Internazionale di Grafica a Venezia.
Exhibition at Aosta alla Torre del Lebbroso e alla Saletta d'Arte.
Exhibition at Galleria Dantesca di Torino.
Exhibition at Castello dei Duchi di Savoia a Chambery.
1998
 Exhibition at Palazzo Cisterna (Torino).
1999
 First prize Artisti Animaliers messo in palio a Milano dal C.I.C (comitato internazionale della caccia).
2001
 Exhibition at Villa Spinola Doria d'Albertis a Genova.
Wildlife Art 2001 Serrone della Villa Reale di Monza
2002

Exhibition presso le edizioni ETS a Pisa
International biennial of engraving Campobasso.
2003 Three-yearly little format engraving to Chamaliere, France.
Exhibition a Giardini in Fiera a San Casciano Val di Pesa
2004 Exhibition at “Artigianato e Palazzo” – Palazzo Corsini- Firenze.
Exhibition “La natura incisa”at Museo di scienze naturali di Torino
Exhibition at galleria L’Acquaforte a Torino
2006 Exhibition "Dimore e natura" alla galleria Sant'Angelo di Biella
2007

Exhibition at Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Tokyo.
Exhibition at Benevagienna (Cn), Torre campanaria.
Exhibition at Racconigi (Cn), Serre Reali del castello.
Exhibition at Milano, Residenza Vignale.
2008

Exhibition at Museo Alpino di Usseglio (Cn).
Exhibition at "Eataly", Torino, Sala Carpano.
Exhibition at Cherasco, Palazzo del Comune.
2009

Exhibition at Galleria Arte Cittą Amica, Torino.
Exhibition at Carmagnola, Sala Congressi Unicredit.