Pier Achille (Pirro) Cuniberti

Place: Sala Bolognese

Born: 1923

Death: 2016

Biography:

Pier Achille (Pirro) Cuniberti was an Italian artist born on September 10, 1923, in Sala Bolognese, Italy. His father, Emilio, emigrated to the United States in 1911 and returned to Italy in 1915 to fight as a volunteer in the First World War. Pirro's mother, Zaira Monari, worked at embroidery and played the piano. After high school, he received his draft notice in February 1943 and was sent to the 2nd Grenadier Regiment of Sardinia. He later attended the Fine Arts Academy of Bologna and graduated in 1948. Pirro Cuniberti's work favored small-scale works and was divided into consecutive painterly periods that culminate with his very personal works started in 1979 on masonite panels, which are rendered in acrylic over a brushed acrylic base, initially accompanied by pastels and graphite. In 1984 he worked with Stefano Benni illustrating the book I meravigliosi animali di Stranalandia (Feltrinelli, Milan, Italy). He married Lalla in 1955 and presented his first solo exhibition at Circolo di Cultura in Bologna in December 1956. Pirro Cuniberti passed away on March 4, 2016.