Italian sculptor and painter. Born in the commune of Candia-Lomellina. He graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, where he was tutored by Aldo Carpi and Francesco Messina. Throughout his life he was engaged in sculpture: both monumental and small forms.

The first Cassino exhibition took place in 1936. In 1942 he received the Venice Biennale Prize. In 1951 he was awarded the national award in the field of sacred art in the nomination "sculpture" in Alessandria (Piedmont), and in 1953 he was awarded a similar award in Milan. In 1960, at the Autunno Piemontese exhibition in Turin, he was awarded the gold medal of the Ministry of Public Education. He received the Piedmont Prize at the same exhibition in 1966. The author of the monumental sculptural group Mater Dei, located on the roof of the cathedral bell tower in the city of Tortona.

Cassino's works are in the Museum of Modern Art in Milan, in the Vatican, in the Dante Museum in Ravenna and in numerous private collections.