Luigi Settanni's paintings have been compared with those of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Manet. A protege of Albert C. Barnes, the famous collector and founder of the Barnes Foundation in Merion,... Read full biography
Luigi Settanni's paintings have been compared with those of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Manet. A protege of Albert C. Barnes, the famous collector and founder of the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania, Settanni created works in the post-impressionistic style, paintings that one critic... Read full biography
Luigi Settanni's paintings have been compared with those of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Manet. A protege of Albert C. Barnes, the famous collector and founder of the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania, Settanni created works in the post-impressionistic style, paintings that one critic characterized as full of joie de vivre. Many are in private and public collections around the world. Barnes himself purchased eleven of Settanni's paintings, all of which now hang permanently in the Barnes... Read full biography
Luigi Settanni's paintings have been compared with those of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Manet. A protege of Albert C. Barnes, the famous collector and founder of the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania, Settanni created works in the post-impressionistic style, paintings that one critic characterized as full of joie de vivre. Many are in private and public collections around the world. Barnes himself purchased eleven of Settanni's paintings, all of which now hang permanently in the Barnes Foundation, perhaps the greatest collection of impressionistic and post-impressionistic painting in America. Settanni spent his life in the world of art. Born in Italy in 1908, he began to paint as a child. He studied and painted in the museums of... Read full biography
Luigi Settanni's paintings have been compared with those of Renoir, Cezanne, Matisse and Manet. A protege of Albert C. Barnes, the famous collector and founder of the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pennsylvania, Settanni created works in the post-impressionistic style, paintings that one critic characterized as full of joie de vivre. Many are in private and public collections around the world. Barnes himself purchased eleven of Settanni's paintings, all of which now hang permanently in the Barnes Foundation, perhaps the greatest collection of impressionistic and post-impressionistic painting in America. Settanni spent his life in the world of art. Born in Italy in 1908, he began to paint as a child. He studied and painted in the museums of Europe before his family emigrated to America in the 1920's. After graduation from the Philadelphia Museum School,... Read full biography
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About Luigi Settanni: Books
Books & Publications (3)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes