biografía de Pietro GHILONI (XIX-XX)
Lugar de nacimiento: Italy
Direcciones: NYC; New Orleans, active 1903-14
Profesión: Sculptor, decorator, marble worker
Estudios: Royal Academy, Florence, Italy
Exposiciones: Expo of London, England, 1888(1st diploma of honor); Universal Expo, Paris, 1889 (bronze medal); 1059 Camp, 1908; Delgado Mus. Art, 1932 (marble bust)
Obra: City Park Pavillion, N.O.; N.O. Stock Exchange (facade); Grunewald Hotel annex (interior reliefs)
Comentarios: Emigrated to the U.S. in 1892 and found employment with artists and architects and was given commission work. In 1903 he came to N.O. to do decorative work in the newly constructed Commercial Hotel and two years later advertised as a sculptor and decorator.
Fuentes: Encyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists, 156.