The Woman In The Flower Hat By Pio Santini

Pio Santini was born in Tivoli (Italy), on April 17, 1908. His first sculpture, executed at the age of 16, was a head of Dante Alighieri. Count Colonna, a family friend, was impressed by the quality of the work and commissioned the young Pio to create his bust.

Impressed, the Count introduced him to the sculptor Carlo Fontana (1865-1956). Pio Santini attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome,

In 1933, he met Yolande Croci, daughter of Milanese journalist Pierre Croci who, after running the Corriere della Sera in Milan for some time, settled in Paris with his family. He moved to Montparnasse. Pio married Yolande in 1934, in Saint-Mammès (Seine-et-Marne) where the Croci family owned a beautiful property on the banks of the Seine.

While attending the Ecole Estienne to perfect his training as a visual artist, Pio Santini began to make a name for himself at various Parisian Salons: the Salon d'Hiver, the Salon des Indépendants... Now a painter, he regularly participated in the Salon des Artistes français.

He died in Garches (Hauts de Seine), on August 7, 1986. He is buried with (Hippolyte) Henri Musart (1819-1887), chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (July 29, 1871), captain in the 91st provisional regiment of the Pas-de-Calais Garde Mobile.

Good condition.

Dimensions: 65 / 54 cm