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| | Born in Campertogno, Italy in 1834. Gianoli started out as a gesso and plaster worker in France where he had immigrated as a young man. When in his thirties, he returned to Italy and enrolled at Academia Albertina in Turin. Shortly thereafter, the desire to travel led him to France, Egypt, India, Australia, London, and the U.S. He taught drawing in Boston and in 1887 was a resident of San Francisco where he advertised as a portraitist. His oeuvre also includes genre and scenes from his world travels. Exh: Mechanics' Inst. (SF), 1886; SFAA, 1887; Calif. State Fair, 1887. In: Varallo Museum (self portrait). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
City Directory; Dizionario Degli Artisti Valsesiani dal Secolo XIV al XX (Varallo, 1968). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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