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Birth
1883 (Sicily, Italy)
Death
1962 (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)
Lived/Active
Wisconsin
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Often Known For
landscape, genre, still life paintings
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Italian-born Francesco Spicuzza was primarily a Wisconsin painter who did portraits, still-lives and local landscapes. He spent the first part of his life in near-poverty to become a painter. An eternal optimist, in 1917, the artist reported: “I am happy and my only ambition now is to paint better and better until I shall have reached the measure of the best of which I am capable.” (Spicuzza, 1917, p. 22). His predilection for beach scenes germinated early: reportedly, the f (showing 500 of 7137 characters). |
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