Painting Identification

Donatus Buongiorno (American, Italian, 1865)

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Lot 1165 - Charlton Hall Galleries, Inc., Columbia, S.C. (December 05, 2009)

From Museum Vaults (II & III) (Sale 252)

$ 550 USD
€ 423 EUR
£ 342 GBP


Original Currency of Sale: $ 550 USD Hammer

Estimate: $ 1,000 - 1,500 USD

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Materials:
oil on canvas

Measurements:
20.00 in. (50.80 cm.) (height) by 24.00 in. (60.96 cm.) (width)

Markings:
signed 'D. Buongiorno' (l.r.)

Condition:
framed; Small nickel-sized section of inpainting to the upper right of water pitcher; otherwise in good original condition
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From Italy, Donatus Buongiorno became a muralist, painter and teacher who studied at the Roil institute of Fine Art in Naples and emigrated to Boston, where he was active as a muralist before moving to San Francisco in the 1920s. In 1911, he exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy.

In Boston, his work is at the Church of St. Leonard of the Franciscan Fathers, the Church of the Sacred heart, and the Church of St. Peter. In Brattleboro, Vermont, a mural by him is in the Church of St. Michael.

Donatus Buongiorno died near Naples, Italy on October 25, 1935.

Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Peter Falk, "Who Was Who in American Art"
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