biography of Contessa Antonia M. SIRENA (XX)

Birth place: White Plains, NY

Addresses: East Meadow, NY

Profession: Painter, collector

Exhibited: Solos: Van Diemen-Lilienfield Galleries, New York, 1966, Gallerie Andre Weil, Paris, 1968, Mike Douglas TV Show Exhib., 1968, Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Comune di Roma, Rome, 1969 & State Gallery in Teatro Massimo, Palermo, Sicily, 1970. Awards: Gold Cup (First Int. Prize), Quadriennale of Europe, 1967; Dame of Grand Cross Award, Order of St. Constantine, 1968; gold medal of Pres. of Senate, Mayor of Rome, 1972.

Member: Accad oli Paestum Accad dei 500; Accad Tiberina; Int. Committee Culture, Rome; MMA

Work: MOMA, Rome, Italy; Mus Castello Sforzesco, Milano, Italy; Mus. Campidoglio, Rome; Regione Fruili Venezia Giulia, Regione Siciliana; Regione Sarda. Commissions: paintings for Federico Fellini, Frankie Laine, Gina Lollobrigida, Vittorio de Sica, The Vatican & Pope Paul XI.

Comments: Positions: art gallery director, Sirena Art Galleries, Long Island, NY, 1963-. Teaching: lecturer on art, colleges & organizations, internationally, 1970-. Art interests: art exhibitions and awards for talented artists, national and international. Collections: paintings of new artists, contemporary art and old masters, antique furniture, clocks, candelabras and other art.

Sources: WW73; Aurelio Prete, Sirena (ERS, Rome, 1966); Guilio Bolaffi, Bolaffi on Modern Art (Torino, Italy, 1970 & 1972); Giovanni Quattrucci, Sirena (Europe Ed., 1972).

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