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Annigoni
Pietro Annigoni, OMRI (7 June 1910 – 28 October 1988) was an Italian artist, portrait painter, fresco painter and medallist, best known for his painted portraits of Queen Elizabeth II. His work was in the Renaissance tradition, contrasting with the modernist style that prevailed in his time. Life Born in Milan in 1910, Annigoni was influenced by the Italian Renaissance. From the end of the 1920s on, he lived mainly in Florence where he studied at the College of the Piarist Fathers. In 1927, he was admitted to the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, where he attended the courses given by Felice Carena in painting, Giuseppe Graziosi in sculpture, and Celestino Celestini in etching. Annigoni enrolled in the nude class run by the Florentine Circolo degli Artisti, while attending the open class in the same subject at the Academy. Annigoni exhibited his work for the first time in Florence in 1930 with a group of painters. He had his first individual exhibition two years later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietro Annigoni's Portraits Of Elizabeth II
Pietro Annigoni completed a number of portraits of Elizabeth II, Queen Elizabeth II between 1954 and 1972. In 1955, he painted her for the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers and in 1969 for the National Portrait Gallery, London, National Portrait Gallery. The two portraits were united for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition; ''The Queen: Art and Image'', held to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II in 2012. In 1972, Annigoni completed a circular drawing of the Queen and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh to mark their silver wedding anniversary. The 1955 portrait was popular with the public and liked by the Queen but criticised for its romantic treatment and for prioritising Elizabeth's role as the monarch over insights into her inner life. The 1969 portrait continued the theme of emphasising the Royal role by placing Elizabeth against a featureless background that symbolised her sole responsibility as monarch. It was unpopular with the public. 1955 portrait The 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Bueno
Antonio Bueno (21 July 1918 – 26 September 1984) was an Italian painter of Spanish origin, who acquired Italian citizenship in 1970. He was born in Berlin while his journalist father was posted there by the newspaper ''ABC'' of Madrid. Life and career Bueno undertook art studies in Spain and Switzerland. In 1937, he was in Paris, where he exhibited at the ''Salon des Jeunes''; then in 1940 with his brother Xavier, he moved to Italy. After a Post-Impressionist experience, immediately after World War II he joined the school of Armenian artist Gregorio Sciltian, painting ''trompe-l'œil'' work. With Pietro Annigoni and his own brother, Bueno took part in the "Pittori moderni della Realtà (Modern Painters of Reality)" group . A dynamic and restless experimenter, after these experiences he conducted in-depth research in genres: abstract painter in 1950–53 while working as secretary for the ''Numero'' magazine; neometaphysic painter with his clay pipe series in 1953–57; ver ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fishmongers' Hall
Fishmongers' Hall (sometimes shortened in common parlance to Fish Hall) is a listed building, Grade II* listed building adjacent to London Bridge. It is the headquarters of the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers, one of the 111 livery companies of the City of London. The Hall is situated in Bridge (City of London ward), Bridge ward. The buildings The first recorded Fishmongers' Hall was built in 1310. A new hall, on the present site, was bequeathed to the Company in 1434. Together with 43 other livery halls, it was destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 and a replacement hall designed by the architect Edward Jerman opened in 1671. This hall by Jerman was demolished to facilitate the construction of London_Bridge#"New"_London_Bridge_(1831–1967), the new London Bridge in 1827. The Fishmongers' fourth hall was designed by Henry Roberts (architect), Henry Roberts (although his assistant, later the celebrated George Gilbert Scott, Sir Gilbert Scott, made the drawings) and buil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
