Umberto Giunti (The counterfeiter in plaster, 1886 - 1970)

Umberto Giunti (1886 - 1970) - photo 1

Umberto Giunti

Umberto Giunti was an Italian painter and forger known as Il Falsario in calcinaccio or, according to other sources, Il Falsario del calcinaccio. This nickname was given to him by the art historian Federico Zeri, who was the first to recognize the artist's work, but could not establish his first and last name. The art historian Gianni Mazzoni identified the artist as Umberto Giunti. Giunti taught arts and crafts at the Art Institute of Siena and designed the costumes for the Contrada della Lupa between 1928 and 1955. A year before his death, in 1945, he wrote a letter in which he described how he created and aged his works so that they looked like they belonged to the Middle Ages. The paintings were painted with great skill, many ended up in prestigious museums or in the collections of the most authoritative critics of the time. The work of Umberto Giunti "Madonna del Velo" was exhibited for a long time as an original in the famous Courtauld Gallery in London.

Nickname:The counterfeiter in plaster
Date and place of birt:1886, Siena, Italy
Date and place of death:1970, Siena, Italy
Nationality:Italy
Period of activity: XX century
Specialization:Artist, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Portrait, Religious genre
Art style:Renaissance Revival

Creators Italy

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Peter Demetz (1913 - 1977)
Peter Demetz
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Giulio Raibolini (1487 - 1545)
Giulio Raibolini
1487 - 1545
Bruno Bruni (1935)
Bruno Bruni
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Jan Frans van Bloemen (1662 - 1749)
Jan Frans van Bloemen
1662 - 1749
Fulvio Bianconi (1915 - 1996)
Fulvio Bianconi
1915 - 1996
Carlo Maria Mariani (1931 - 2021)
Carlo Maria Mariani
1931 - 2021
Astolfo Petrazzi (1583 - 1665)
Astolfo Petrazzi
1583 - 1665
Ottone Rosai (1895 - 1957)
Ottone Rosai
1895 - 1957
Gianfranco Zappettini (1939)
Gianfranco Zappettini
1939
Andrea Lanzani (1641 - 1712)
Andrea Lanzani
1641 - 1712
Oscar Torlasco (1934 - 2004)
Oscar Torlasco
1934 - 2004
Giovanni Battista Salvi (1609 - 1685)
Giovanni Battista Salvi
1609 - 1685
Tomasino da Vimercate (XIV century - XV century)
Tomasino da Vimercate
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Filippo Bonanni (1638 - 1723)
Filippo Bonanni
1638 - 1723
Elisa Sighicelli (1968)
Elisa Sighicelli
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Creators Renaissance Revival

Pietro Annigoni (1910 - 1988)
Pietro Annigoni
1910 - 1988
Jean Baptiste Eugène Henry Vever (1854 - 1942)
Jean Baptiste Eugène Henry Vever
1854 - 1942
Alphonse Balat (1818 - 1895)
Alphonse Balat
1818 - 1895
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