Achille Peretti (Alessandria 1857 – New Orleans 1923) was an Italian painter, sculptor and anarchist.

Biography

During the 1870s, Peretti studied art in Milan at the Brera Academy under the direction of

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, Raffaele Casnedi, Luigi Riccardi,

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, and Antonio Caimi. In these years he gained a number of prizes; finally in the 1878 he obtained the "Menzione d'onore" in painting. He became a member of the Alessandria local section of the

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, and was described by the police as a "fanatic internationalist" that wanted to overthrow the society in order to try benefits from the riots.Alessandria State Archive, ''Prefecture, I versamento, n°66, Associazioni Internazionaliste 1881, Elenco affiliati alla sezione internazionalista di Alessandria 06.11.1881'' Achille emigrated to the United States following the repression in Italy of the First International and after having traveled through the

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and Chicago decided to stay in

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. He became a citizen in 1890 and from 1903 until his death lived at the 632 St Peter Street in the

French Quarter The French Quarter, also known as the , is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (french: La Nouvelle-Orléans) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the ("Old Sq ...

. In the same house lived some years later the American playwright

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Selected works

* ''Portrait of Hector Berlioz'' * ''Portrait of an Elderly Lady'' * ''The stampede, 1900'' * ''Tree lined street'' * ''Rooster and Chickens in the Barn'' * ''Irish Channel Woman''

References

Bibliography

* ''Atti della Reale Accademia di belle arti di Milano'', Vari, Milano, 1860-1894. * Isaac Monroe Cline, ''Contemporary art and artists in New Orleans'', 1924 * Federal Writers' Project, ''Louisiana: A Guide to the State'', US History Publishers * John Mahe, ''Encyclopedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918'', Historic New Orleans, New Orleans, 1987 * Henry Rightor, ''Standard History of New Orleans, Louisiana'', The Lewis Publishing Company, 1900 {{DEFAULTSORT:Peretti, Achille 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century male artists Italian anarchists 1923 deaths 1857 births Brera Academy alumni 19th-century Italian male artists