User:Okita2/Egisto Cuneo

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Egisto Cuneo (1890 - 1972) was an American artist. He was born on June 3, 1890, in San Francisco, California. Egisto was the younger brother of Cyrus Cuneo (1876-1916) and Rinaldo Cuneo (1877-1939), both artists. Cuneo died on January 24, 1972, in San Francisco, California.

Biography

Egisto was born in California as the youngest child of Guiseppi "John" Cuneo (who had emigrated from Liguria in Northern Italy in 1848) and Annie Garibaldi (b. 1852; whose family had emigrated from Italy in 1848). Following in the footsteps of his older brothers, Egisto studied art in Europe.

Egisto married Ruth and had three children, Barbara, Doris and Gordon. Much of his art focused on Pearl River, New York near where the family made their home.

Egisto Cuneo died on January 24, 1972, in San Francisco, California.

Artworks

class="wikitable sortable" ! scope="col" width="50" \| Year ! scope="col" width="150" \| Title ! scope="col" width="200" \| Image ! scope="col" width="50" ! data-sort-type = "number" \| Dimensions ! scope="col" width="125" \| Collection ! scope="col" width="125" \| Comments
valign="top" \|1920	Nude Model, Kit Kat Klub, New York
valign="top" \|1926	Ruth Cuneo Bathing Son, Gordon, Pearl River, New York, oil on canvas	Subjects: the artist's wife and son
valign="top" \|1926	Untitled (Barbara and Doris, Pearl River, New York), c. 1926	Subjects: the artist's two daughters
valign="top" \|1940	Blue Lakes, c. 1940
valign="top" \|1950	Planted Fields, c. 1950

References

External links

[http://issuu.com/marylss/docs/cuneo?mode=window&pageNumber=1 Cuneo: A Family of Early California Artists], 2009, Museo ItaloAmericano, San Francisco, California
[http://www.cuneosociety.org/family.html The Cuneo Society Website]

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