Pietro Annigoni - Pietro Annigoni Quotes

Painter, born in Milan, N Italy. He was one of the few 20th-c artists to put into practice the technical methods of the old masters. His most usual medium was tempera, although there are frescoes by him in the Convent of S Marco at Florence (executed in 1937). His Renaissance manner is shown at its best in his portraits, such as those of Queen Elizabeth II (1955, 1970) and President Kennedy (1961).

Pietro Annigoni (June 7, 1910, Milan – October 28, 1988, Florence) was an Italian portrait and fresco painter.

Maestro Annigoni is most famous for his 1954 portrait of Queen Elizabeth II (Fishmongers' Company, London).

Other subjects painted by Annigoni include Pope John XXIII, John F.

Pietro Annigoni was chosen by TIME magazine to paint President of the United States John F. Other TIME magazine covers that featured portraits by Annigoni were the issues of Oct. 5, 1962 (Pope John XXIII), Nov. 1, 1963 (Ludwig Erhard), and Apr. 12, 1968 (Lyndon B.

Annigoni works are in museums worldwide, including the Uffizi Gallery and Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy;

His body is interred in the Porte Sante (Holy Doors) cemetery at the Basilica di San Miniato al Monte, Florence, Italy.

Pietro Annigoni Quotes

"Impulse alone does not make a work of art." "The emotional states which a painter or other artist feels irresistibly forced to express are those most intimate states of mind and soul from which may be struck the spark or revelation, kindling a light that shows things in their deepest, most universal, and perhaps even eternal reality;