Congratulations to ARC’s Living Master John Angel!

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Congratulations to ARC’s Living Master John Angel!

April 28, 2011

ARC is proud to announce that Florence, Italy’s Museum Villa Peyron now includes one of our Living Master’s paintings.
Entitled “Annigoni 1954”, it is a portrait of Pietro Annigoni (1910–1988) an Italian portrait and fresco painter, greatly influenced by the Italian Renaissance, who rose to international fame after presenting his famous portrait of Queen Elizabeth II in 1956.
Having been a student of Annigoni, John Angel pays excellent homage by way of this portrait. We extend every possible congratulation to John and are proud to have his “Angel Academy of Art” in Florence, Italy as a member of our ARC family! 		Villa Peyron
Museum Villa Peyron
Florence, Italy
Annigoni
John Angel's "Annigoni, 1954"
As an interesting side note, several quotes attributed to Pietro Annigoni, that have survived the test of time, reaffirm our ever vigilant stance on Modernism.
Here are two of our favorites:
"Impulse alone does not make a work of art."
"I am convinced that the works of today's avant-garde are the poisoned fruit of a spiritual decadence, with all the consequences that arise from a tragic loss of love for life."