Lionello Balestrieri
Lionello Balestrieri (12 September 187224 October 1958) was an Italians, Italian painter and engraver, active in various styles mainly in Paris and Naples. Biography He was born in Cetona in the province of Siena, Tuscany, to a mason of modest means. But his skills gained him admission first to the Institute of Fine Arts of Rome, then of Naples. In Naples, Balestrieri was forced to support himself as a decorative painter for rooms in private residences, but continued studying under Gioacchino Toma. Then briefly re-enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli, Institute of Fine Arts of Naples, then under the leadership Filippo Palizzi and Domenico Morelli. However, lured by the bohemian artistic circles of Paris, at the age of 20 years he moved there, working as an assistant to the Florentine engraver Osvaldo Tofani. Balestrieri contributed engravings for an edition of Dante's ''Divina Commedia'' published by Vittorio Alinari in 1900. He became friend and apartment-mate, with a ...
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