藝術家Hugo ZACCHINI (1896-1977) 生平簡歷

出生地： Peru, South America

死亡地点： Fontana, CA

地址： Tampa, FL

职业： Painter, lecturer, teacher, writer

教育： Francesco Michetti in Rome, Italy

工作： Cathedral, Alexandria, Egypt; des./arch., Temple of Music, Tampa, FL; Hertzberg Mus., San Antonio, TX

评论： He was born into a touring Italian circus family, the projectile Zacchinis, human cannonballs shot out of a cannon designed by their father Ildebrando. Hugo was the most famous of his siblings and was affiliated with Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus for many years. He stayed with the circus until he was sixty years old, using his free time to paint and study art. In Paris, he became a friend of Picasso, Dali and Monet; in Alexandria, Egypt, he decorated the Roman Catholic Cathedral. Specialty: circus and nocturnal scenes, landscapes. Position: director, Art and Nature Inst., Tampa; teacher, Chaffey College, Fontana, CA, c.1958-on.

来源： WW40; info. courtesy of Joel L. Fletcher, Fletcher/Copenhaver Fine Art, Fredericksburg, VA.