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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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Facts about Leonardo Barbieri

   Publications  Book References:  12
Magazine References:  1

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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Leonardo Barbieri
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review Focus on the Figure August 2001 Martin, Gloria Rexford Yes
12 Book References for Leonardo Barbieri
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall California Art: 450 Years of Painting & Other Media 560 Yes
1993 Soria, Regina American Artists of Italian Heritage/1776-1945 178 No
1991 Kamerling, Bruce; Self, K.C. Mina Pulsifer A Retrospective
(Exhibition catalog)
108 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1976 Spangenberg, Helen Yesterday's Artists on the Monterey Peninsula 88 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
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