Pietro Annigoni
Dates: b.1910 - d.1988
Gender: Male
Nationality: Italian
Influenced by the Italian Renaissance, Pietro Annigoni's portraiture lead him to such significant commissions as that of Pope John Paul XXIII, US Presidents John F Kenndey and Lyndon B Johnson and members of the British Royal Family. In 1947 he signed the manifesto for the Modern Realist Painters and in 1949 had works accepted for the Royal Academy's annual exhibition. Read more…
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Monte Cassino Monastery, Italy
Biography:
Influenced by the Italian Renaissance, Pietro Annigoni's portraiture lead him to such significant commissions as that of Pope John Paul XXIII, US Presidents John F Kenndey and Lyndon B Johnson and members of the British Royal Family. In 1947 he signed the manifesto for the Modern Realist Painters and in 1949 had works accepted for the Royal Academy's annual exhibition. Annigoni also devoted much of his work-life to frescoe painting in Italian churches.