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 Bio is from the book " Artists in California 1786-1940 " Authored by Edan Hughes Like us on Facebook at The Option B Designery |