Achille Peretti (Alessandria, 1857 – New Orleans, 1923)

LA GALLERYA PRESENTS AUTOPORTRAIT ON MARBLE BY MASTER ACHILLE PERETTI H60CM X 47CM ACHILLE PERETTI, an anarchist painter and sculptor belonging to the Milanese Scapigliatura movement. In the 1870s, he attended the Brera Academy in Milan under the guidance of Giuseppe Bertini (painting), Raffaele Casnedi (figure drawing), Luigi Riccardi (landscape), Luigi Bisi (perspective), and Antonio Caimi (art history). He received numerous awards and recognitions, eventually standing out in 1878 in the final examination of the "Scuola di Pittura riunite" (United Painting School). A classmate and fellow townsman of Cesare Tallone, he frequented the Milanese Scapigliatura environment. A member of the Alessandria section of the First International, he was described by the police as an "internationalist fanatic," an idler who "would like to overturn every order of things just to fish in troubled waters"[1]. He emigrated to the United States in the early eighties following the repression of the internationalist movement by the Italian government. After traveling through various cities on the southern coast of Louisiana and in Chicago, he settled permanently in New Orleans. He obtained U.S. citizenship in 1890 and from 1903 until his death lived at 632 St. Peter Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans. Years later, the American playwright Tennessee Williams would reside in the same dwelling. INFO LUCA 3393797813 FOLLOW US ON OUR WEBSITE "WWW.LAGALLERYA.IT" UNDER THE HEADING "Fine Rare Art & Prestigious Furniture" YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORKS, PUBLISHED SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS SECTION. LA GALLERYA snc SALE TO INDUSTRY OPERATORS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS LARGE EXHIBITION SPACE WITH WAREHOUSE 1000 SQM HIGH ANTIQUARITY FINE ART, PAINTING, SCULPTURES, MARBLE, AND OBJECTS OF ANCIENT ART VISIT ALL OUR PROPOSALS ACCOMPANIED BY CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY WE ALSO RECEIVE BY PERSONALIZED APPOINTMENT WEEKLY NEW ARRIVALS. INFO LUCA 3393797813 FOLLOW US ON OUR WEBSITE "WWW.LAGALLERYA.IT" UNDER THE HEADING "Fine Rare Art & Prestigious Furniture" YOU WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE COLLECTION OF OUR MOST IMPORTANT WORKS, PUBLISHED SOLELY AND EXCLUSIVELY IN THIS SECTION. LA GALLERYA snc SALE TO INDUSTRY OPERATORS AND PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS LARGE EXHIBITION SPACE WITH WAREHOUSE 1000 SQM HIGH ANTIQUARITY FINE ART, PAINTING, SCULPTURES, MARBLE, AND OBJECTS OF ANCIENT ART VISIT ALL OUR PROPOSALS ACCOMPANIED BY CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY WE ALSO RECEIVE BY PERSONALIZED APPOINTMENT WEEKLY NEW ARRIVALS.