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 Matteo Sandona Listed Artist  1895 an early painting done by artist at age of 14. Ask Art Bio say: "Young Matteo Sandona's teachers soon recognized his artistic skill, and at the age of twelve, he was chosen to teach art to his classmates" In 1894 he immigrated to New Jersey with his family. Uncertain if this is an American scene or scene from Italy where he studied art for 4 years. (If EBAY Community knows let me know) Thanks.
Dimensions 15.5" x 8" Sight      20" x 12.5" Framed  The Frame has had some damage in its 115 year life where some of the gesso is missing.
 

1881 - 1964

Matteo Sandona, a painter and etcher, was born in Schio, Italy on April 15, 1881. He was raised in the Alps and began drawing and modeling as a child. In 1894 he immigrated with his family to Hoboken, New Jersey where he was educated at the Sacred Heart Academy. Two years after arriving in the United States, he returned to Italy to study art for four years at the Verona Academy (where he won medals and highest honors), and in Paris with Nani and Bianchi. Upon returning to the United States, he had further training at the National Academy of Design before settling in San Francisco in 1901. In that year he cofounded the California Society of Artists with Piazzoni, Martinez, B. R. Campbell, C. P. Neilson and William H. Bull as a reaction to the conservative attitudes of the San Francisco Art Ass'n. Early in the century he bought a home in San Francisco at 471 Buena Vista East which he remodeled into a unique Italian villa with a studio dominating the front of the home and a view of the bay. Sandona was a member of the Internationall Jury of Awards at the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. His portrait commissions took him to Santa Barbara and Hawaii. He was active in the local art scene until his death on November 7, 1964. Primarily a portraitist, Sandona also painted still lifes and figure studies. Exhibited: San Francisco Art Ass'n, 1901-25; Bohemian Club, 1904-22; National Academy of Design, 1905 (gold medal), 1927; Lewis & Clark Exposition (Portland), 1905 (silver medal); Panama Pacific International Exposition, 1915; Oakland Art Gallery, 1916-26; California State Fair, 1917 (silver medal), 1926 (first prize), 1929 (second prize); Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 1926; California Palace of Legion of Honor, 1926-36; Santa Cruz Art League, 1932 (second prize); California-Pacific Internationall Exposition (San Diego), 1935; Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Society of Western Art, 1954 (prize). Works held: California Historical Society; National Museum of American Art (Mary Pickford); De Young Museum; Punahou College (Honolulu); Mills College (Oakland); CPLH; Peninsula Hospital (San Mateo); Women's City Club (San Francisco); Bohemian Club; University of California at Davis; San Francisco Museum of Art; Orange County (CA) Museum.

09/24/2007
Duccio Marignoli
matteo sandona
The Honolulu Academy of Arts has announced an exhibition on Sandona called:
Matteo SandonĂ  and Hawaii
A Capital Ambition.

Bio is from the book " Artists in California 1786-1940 " Authored by Edan Hughes

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