LIONELLO BALESTRIERI PAINTINGS FOR SALE & BIOGRAPHY
LIONELLO BALESTRIERI
Italian, 1874–1952
Balestrieri began his studies in Sienna and then entered the studio of Domenico Morelli in Naples where he became one of that artist’s favorite students. He exhibited at the Paris Salon beginning in 1887 and won a medal in 1900 for his most celebrated picture, a portrait of Beethoven that was exhibited in various locations in Europe and the United States and which now hangs in the Revoltella Museum in Ravenna.