Annigoni

/ anniˈɡoːni /

noun

1. AnnigoniPietro19101988MItalianARTS AND CRAFTS: painter Pietro (ˈpjɛːtro). 1910–88, Italian painter; noted esp for his portraits of President Kennedy (1961) and Queen Elizabeth II (1955 and 1970)

Example Sentences

“After studying at the Art Students League of New York and two Vietnam tours as combat artist, I moved to Florence to apprentice under foremost Renaissance-style fresco artist Pietro Annigoni.”

From Washington Post

They are the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II by Terence Cuneo in 1953, a portrait by Andrew Festing in 1999, a portrait by Pietro Annigoni in 1955, a portrait by Sergei Pavlenko in 2000 and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II by Richard Stone from 1992.

From BBC

The real turning point in her life, however, came when she met the Italian painter Pietro Annigoni at one of his exhibitions in London.

From The Guardian

The Annigoni portrait of the Queen was displayed in schools.

From The Guardian

Annigoni's Queen Elizabeth II, Queen Regent painting was first shown at the Royal Academy in 1955 and has only been loaned twice, in 1958 and 1986, by its owners The Fishmongers' Company.

From BBC