Costanzo Waldemaro Figlinesi was an Italian painter renowned for his Impressionist works. Born in Florence, Figlinesi developed an early passion for drawing, which led him to participate in exhibitions as a young man. In 1931, he participated in an exhibition in Siena where one of his still lifes won the prize from the Ministry of Education. He exhibited in Florence in 1938 at the Cavalensi and Botti Gallery.

During the Second World War, he was stationed at the Salon-de-Provence airbase in the Italian army. After the 1943 armistice, he was captured by the Germans, under whose orders he refused to serve, but his status as a painter gave him complete freedom.

At the Château de Rambouillet, he painted portraits of General Heinkel and Marshal Rommel. He eventually escaped and remained hidden until the Liberation.

Following the war, he spent time in Marseille and Paris, eventually returning to France where his style evolved towards Impressionism. His works gained recognition in exhibitions in Cannes and Toulon, and in 1987, he celebrated fifty years of his artistic career with an exhibition in Marseille.