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Leonardo Barbieri

Leonardo Barbieri (c.1810 - c.1873) was active/lived in California.  Leonardo Barbieri is known for Portrait painting.

Born in Savoy, Italy, Leonardo Barbieri studied art in Lyon, France and then went to Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1844. By 1847, he was in San Francisco and began painting portraits of prominent Californians including members of the Constitutional Convention of 1849.

In 1850, he went to Monterey and then to Santa Barbara where local citizens commissioned him to paint Father Rubio at the mission.

He traveled in Mexico and in 1856, established an art school in Lima, Peru. Later he became director of the Colegio Nacional de Nuestra Senora Guadalupe. Late in his life, he returned to France and died in his native Savoy.

Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"

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Keywords and Quick Facts for Leonardo Barbieri


   Keywords 
Art Method
  • Easel Painting
  • Sketch, Sketching
Art StyleArt Subject
  • Portraits, Portraiture
  • Religion, Mysticism, Spirituality
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
  • California Before 1940
  • Europe
  • Mexico and/or Central America
  • Monterey, Carmel California
  • Northern California Before 1900
  • Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
  • South America
  • Southern California Before 1900
Chronology
  • Early 19th Century Before Civil War
  • Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Added Description
  • Art Educator: Teaching, Scholarship, Workshops and/or Writing
  • Portrait Specialty

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