{"product_id":"luigi-lucioni-9780847869916","title":"Luigi Lucioni","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelatory look at this Italian-American modernist painter of highly realistic and romanticized still lifes, landscapes, and portraits drawn from his life in the gay New York scene and rural Vermont.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis first comprehensive survey of the life and work of Luigi Lucioni (1900–1988) places him in the context of  fellow  Regionalist  painters  Grant  Wood,  Charles Sheeler,   and   Maxfield   Parrish.   Lucioni   is   known for  meticulously  rendered  still  lifes,  landscapes,  and arresting portraits drawn from his close-knit circle of queer New York artists and cultural figures, including Paul  Cadmus,  Jared  French,  George  Platt  Lynes, and  Lincoln Kirstein.  In  the  early  1930s,  Lucioni discovered   Vermont,   whose   landscapes   reminded him of northern Italy. It was there that he met Electra Havemeyer  Webb,  who  was  to  become  his  single most  important  patron.  For  more  than  50  years,  the New   York   City–based   artist   spent   ev","brand":"Rizzoli International Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49083708113239,"sku":"9780847869916","price":31.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780847869916.jpg?v=1725549782","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/luigi-lucioni-9780847869916","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}