Vanzetti, Francesco Cesare Luigi Stefano (1878-1967)

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Vanzetti, Francesco
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academic; agricultural writer; art critic; bookplate designer; farmer; furniture designer; public servant; Design (product, commercial, industrial, environmental, landscape); teacher
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VANZETTI, FRANCESCO CESARE LUIGI STEFANO (1878-1967), public servant and university lecturer, was born on 29 April 1878 at Padua, Italy, eldest child of Domenico Vanzetti, clerk, and his wife Malvina, née Ricca. Francesco, intending to become an architect, began studies at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, but was orphaned at 17. His uncle Eugenio Vanzetti brought him to Western Australia; they arrived at Albany in the Ormuz on 3 January 1896. Other members of his family were to follow. Francesco settled in Perth and was employed from 1900 as a clerk in the statistical branch, Department of Mines. Tall, handsome and personable, he joined the Western Australian Society of Arts, serving as honorary secretary from 1901, and treasurer in 1903-06. He designed bookplates, catalogue covers, fountains, furniture, jewellery and a leadlight panel for H.M.S. Commonwealth, and taught drawing at the Fremantle Evening School.

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Francesco Vanzetti was an artist and member of the WA Society of Arts who also taught at the Fremantle Technical School. His art nouveau design for the West Australian Society of Arts' bookplate was published in the Society's 1904 exhibition catalogue.

artist, was a member of the WA Society of Arts who taught at the Fremantle Technical School some time before WWI. His art nouveau design for the West Australian Society of Arts' bookplate was published in the Society's 1904 exhibition catalogue. This entry is a stub. You can help DAAO by submitting a biography.

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  • fl. 1903-ca. 1914

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    Vanzetti, Francesco, 1878-1967
    [ Unpublished : 1929-1965 ]
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