Cesare Ricciardi

Impressionist Cesare Ricciardi Seascape Oil Painting 1892-1973 Sail BoatsMarine

circa 1900

Cesare Ricciardi emigrated from Italy to the United States as a young boy. Ricciardi was a painter of society portraits, as well as landscapes of Addingham, Bucks, Delaware and Chester Counties and the Philadelphia area. Ricciardi began his formal art studies at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, before enrolling at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, where he received his most influential training under the instruction of Thomas Anshutz, Cecilia Beaux, Hugh Breckenridge, Robert Henri and Leopold Seiffert. He later traveled to Paris for further studies. His trips to New England produced many marinescapes of moonlit harbors and dock scenes. He was a member of the Philadelphia Sketch Club and the Philadelphia Art Alliance. His work was exhibited at the Pennsylvania Academy, The Corcoran Biennials, the National Academy of Design and the Art Institute of Chicago. He lived most of his life in Philadelphia.