Luigi Lucioni was an Italian

Italy

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-born American

United States

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 painter

Painting

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. He lived and worked mainly in New York City, but also spent time working in Vermont. His still life

Still life

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s, landscape

Landscape art

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s, and portrait

Portrait

thumb|250px|right|Portrait of [[Thomas Jefferson]] by [[Rembrandt Peale]], 1805. [[New-York Historical Society]].A portrait is a painting, photograph, sculpture, or other artistic representation of a person, in which the face and its expression is predominant. The intent is to display the likeness,...

s were known for their realism, precisely drawn forms and smooth paint surface. Like many of his fellow Regionalists

Regionalism (art)

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, his work was marketed through Associated American Artists

Associated American Artists

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 in New York. In 1915 he won a competition which allowed him to attend The Cooper Union.