Lionello balestrieri biography for kids

Lionello Balestrieri

Lionello Arduino Balestrieri was born in Cetona (SI) on 12 September 1872, into a family with a very modest economic situation, to Torello Balestrieri, a mason from Cetona, and Agnese Bassi, from Santa Fiora.

In 1886 the Balestrieri family moved to Rome and Lionello, now fourteen, enrolled at the Institute of Fine Arts: his passion for art was already strong enough to push him towards this choice, despite his father’s differing opinion.

The following year the family moved to Naples, and Lionello enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1891 he worked for a short period in Palermo, for the preparation of the National Exposition, but by 1892 he had already gone back to the Academy, where Domenico Morelli had returned to teaching: the master’s influence was for a long time fundamental in forming and developing his artistic personality.

In Naples he also met Filippo Palizzi and Gioacchino Toma.

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