Antique Listed Artist Cesare A. (C. A. ) Ricciardi Framed Society Oil Painting Portrait

Purchased from an estate sale in Washington DC over a decade ago, we love this lady who we named Estelle. We wish we knew who she was in real life! Signed C. A. Ricciardi at the bottom.

Caesare Ricciardi immigrated to America from Italy at the age of six. His specialty was portraits, and he painted financial and political leaders of Philadelphia and New York. Ricciardi began his formal art studies at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, before enrolling at the Pennslylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received his most influential training under the instruction of Thomas Anshutz, Cecilia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Henri, and Leopold Seiffert. He also traveled to Paris for further studies. He was a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. His work was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy, The Corcoran Biennials, the National Academy of Design, the Art Institute of Chicago, Norristown, and Easton City Halls, as well as Federal Courts, hospitals and universities. He had a studio on Pine Street in Philadelphia. He died March, 1973 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.