Luigi Corbellini
1901 –1968

Luigi Corbellini was born in 1901 in Piacenza, Italy. He moved to Paris at the age of 20, where he exhibited in Paris at the Salon des Indépendants from 1928-1929, the Salon des Tuileries, Salon d’Autumne, and the Salon de la Société Nationale ds Beaux Arts. He had an important exhibition of fifty paintings at the Galerie Carmine in 1928.

Corbellini’s paintings from his time in Montparnasse show a strength and boldness that only the Parisian atmosphere could have inspired. He painted several paintings of Kiki, the most famous model of her time.

After a long career in Paris, and having exhibited at many galleries including Galerie Durand-Ruel, he moved to New York in 1947.

In New York he exhibited at the Hammer Gallery. New York captivated him and the city became a favorite subject for his works. He also exhibited in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Miami, and Chicago.