Pier Augusto Breccia (12 April 1943 – 20 November 2017) was an Italian artist, philosopher and short story writer.
Breccia's artistic works explore the human being with a hermeneutic approach (in the sense of the modern hermenutic philosophy, Jaspers, Heidegger, Gadamer) and engage in a variety of philosophical themes.
Breccia's oeuvre consists of oil paintings, pencil and oil pastel drawings, 7 books, 10 short stories and numerous other works.
Breccia has held around 80 one-man shows all over the world.