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Origin
American-Italian
Artist's Lifespan
1865-1935
Artist Biographical Information
Donatus was an artist of the 19th and early 20th centuries who divided his time between Naples, Italy, and New York. In the late 1880s, he enrolled in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli and graduated in 1890. He then taught.
In New York, he thrived on privately commissioned portraits and murals for the Catholic Church. In Italy in 1908, he worked on the restoration of La Collegiata di San Michele Arcangelo, an important 17th-century church in his hometown of Solofra. In 1911, he attended the International Art Congress of Art Educators in Rome, and later that same year, he had a painting included in the prestigious Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
Accession #
2019.09
Circa Date
19th - 20th century
Description
This painting by Donatus Buongiorno depicts a man with a sword and a woman holding a chicken.
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
18.25" x 12.25"
Location
45/2004
Signature
LR
Collection
Mussallem