biography of Frederico A. GIORGI (1878-1963)

Birth place: Italy

Death place: Los Angeles

Addresses: New Orleans, active c.1907-11; Los Angeles, 1932

Profession: Painter, sculptor

Studied: Acad. Delle Belle Arti, Rome with Pio Ioris

Exhibited: NOAA, 1910; PPE, 1915 (gold medal)

Work: Southern Calif. Acad. Science, Los Angeles; Jefferson Mem. Mus., St. Louis, MO; Elks Temple, Los Angeles

Comments: Worked in St. Louis, MO and Pittsburgh, PA before going to New Orleans. In 1910 he painted murals in the dining room of the Monteleone Hotel.

Sources: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 158; Hughes, Artists of California, 209, who lists his first names as Federico Agostino.