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He attended the Academy of Fine Art of Bologna studying Painting and Decoration. At the beginning he was a fresco painter and decorator. From 1908 to 1916, he had taken part at the exhibitions of "Francesco Francia" Society. In this period (1905-1913) his works were influenced by the "Liberty" effect, but Pizzirani had well deep-rooted inside the affection for his land: hills, ravines, rivers. Soon he distinguished from the Modernism prevailing in those times and preferred to reap the Bertelli's manner to paint: full of imaginative awesomeness, dense colours and rapid sensations as the seascapes of Adriatic Sea of Romagna, immortalized by many painters and all day long. He was one of the most important Italian exponents of a certain naturalistic research, especially tied to landscapes. He took part at the first, the second and the third exhibition of Roman Secessionists. Since 1920 he had been always present at the Biennials of Venice, at the Quadrennials of Turin, at the Biennials and Quadrennials of Rome and at many other exhibitions abroad. Pizzirani had a special quality: his painting manner was absolutely unequalled; no one could be compared with him as regards truthfully and naturalness and, as a painter, he had a complete mastery of every art techniques, from fresco to clay, even watercolour. He died in 1971.