Egisto Cuneo
Born(1890-06-03)June 3, 1890
DiedJanuary 24, 1972(1972-01-24) (aged 81)
NationalityAmerican
Known forPainting

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

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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

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Year Title Image Dimensions Collection Comments
1920 Nude Model, Kit Kat Klub, New York
1926 Ruth Cuneo Bathing Son, Gordon, Pearl River, New York, oil on canvas Subjects: the artist's wife and son
1926 Untitled (Barbara and Doris, Pearl River, New York), c. 1926 Subjects: the artist's two daughters
1940 Blue Lakes, c. 1940
1950 Planted Fields, c. 1950

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Category:American painters