Sebastiano Panunzi
Sebastiano Panunzi (Tolentino in the Province of Macerata, June 23, 1845 -1924),[1] also called Sebastiano Pannasi,[2] was an Italian painter, mainly working as a battle painter, often depicting cavalry movements.
He studied architecture in Naples, and but soon chose to become a painter. In 1883 at Rome he displayed Una rivista di Cavalleria; in 1884 at Turin, he depicted Una carica di bersaglieri; in the 1884 Promotrice of Florence, he displayed a canvas entitled Avanscoperta di cavalleria; and finally in 1887 at Venice and Bologna, Un nembo di cavalleria.[3] In Naples, he displayed a A Squadron of Cavalry at Gallop (1883), Una ricognizione di Cavalleria (1886), Ambulanza (1887), and Alle grandi manovre (1891). He also painted watercolor and caricatures.[4] After 1900, he emigrated to America, first to New York then to Philadelphia, where he became engineer for the American Bridge Company.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Artisti Napoletani Viventi: Pittori, scultori, incisori, ed Architetti. by Enrico Gianelli, preface by Eduardo Dalbono. Tipografia Melfi e Joele, Naples, 1916, page 354.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 351.
- ^ De Gubernatis. page 351.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci biography.
- ^ Artisti Napoletani Viventi, E. Gianelli.
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