Leonardo Barbieri
American painter and photographer, 1818-1896
About Leonardo Barbieri
Lived 1818 – 1896 (aged 77–78). Leonardo Barbieri was an American photographer, painter and daguerreotypist.
Leonardo Barbieri (1818–1896) was an Italian painter, who was active in the Americas in from 1840s to the 1860s. He is famous for his numerous portraits of Californios, produced between 1849 and 1853, considered to be California's most important collection of portraits from the 19th century, earning him the epithet as "California's Leonardo".
Life Portrait of Carlos Antonio Carrillo, 1852; Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Portrait of Francisco Pérez Pacheco, 1852; De Saisset Museum of Santa Clara University. Barbieri was born in 1818 in the Duchy of Savoy, Kingdom of Sardinia. He was educated in Lyon.
Argentina and Bolivia Barbieri emigrated to the Americas in 1844, to Buenos Aires in Argentina, where he became a portraitist.
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American painter and photographer, 1818-1896
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Leonardo Barbieri was born in 1818 in Duchy of Savoy.
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Leonardo Barbieri died in 1896.
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Leonardo Barbieri was a photographer, painter and daguerreotypist.
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Leonardo Barbieri was American.
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