Emilio Piani
Ludwig Friedrich Emil Piani (Emilio Piani) (1817–1862) – a portrait and landscape German painter born in Coburg, duchy of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Germany.[1] As child he was a playmate of the Prince Albert, the future husband of Victoria, the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain.[2] In 1837 Emil Piani made a trip to the United States and then to Cuba residing in the later approximately till 1846. In 1841 his studio was on Obispo Street, Havana, probably where today is the Florida Hotel.[3] During his stay in Cuba made several trips to nearby countries like Jamaica. In both islands he painted several portraits of notable persons and landscapes.[4][5] In 1852 he returned to Coburg and after few years came back again to the Caribbean.[6] He died in Curaçao in 1862.
References[edit]
- ^ Lorenzo Hernández-Tabares, Jorge Macle-Cruz, Olga López-Núñez y Migda R. Estévez-Estévez. Cafetal Angerona: un plano, tres historias. Revista de la Biblioteca Nacional de Cuba "José Martí". Año 108, No. 2, 2017.
- ^ Charles Grey: The early years of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1867, p. 60.
- ^ Francisco González del Valle: “La Habana en 1841” en Raquel Catalá: Colección histórica cubana y americana, vol. 10, Oficina del Historiador de la Ciudad de La Habana, La Habana, 1952, p. 339.
- ^ Frank Cundall: Biographical Annals of Jamaica: A Brief History of the Colony, Arranged as a Guide to the Jamaica Portrait Gallery: with Chronological Outlines of Jamaica History, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston, 1904, p. 43.
- ^ National Gallery of Jamaica: Five centuries of art in Jamaica, Kingston, 1976, p. 9.
- ^ Regierungs-und Intelligenzblatt fur das Herzogthum Coburg, 28 de agosto de 1852, p. 1090.
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