Stanislao Lepri

Stanislao Lepri (12 June 1905 - 1980) was an Italian surrealist painter and former Italian consul to the Principality of Monaco.

Biography

Born in the house of "marquis Lepri marquis of Rota" Member of the Roman nobility, Stanislao Lepri was the Italian consul for the Principality of Monaco.[1] In 1940, he moved to Paris, where he befriended artists such as Picasso, Ernst, and Breton, whose influence can be seen in his later works. [2]

In 1941 he met Leonor Fini. In 1943 Lepri is called back to Rome and Fini went with him until the end of the World War II. In 1946 they are back in Paris and Lepri abandoned his diplomatic career to become a painter.[3] When Fini met the Polish writer Konstanty Jeleński, known as Kot, in Rome in 1952, presented to her by Fabrizio Clerici, Jeleński joined Fini and Lepri in their Paris apartment and the three remained inseparable until their deaths.[4][5]

Lepri was also a theatre scenographer and illustrator, among other he did the scenes for Voyage aux états de la Lune by Cyrano de Bergerac[6] and in 1950 the costumes for L'Armida in Florence for the Maggio Fiorentino.[7]

References
  1. Pettibone, Charles D. (2010). The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II: VOLUME VI ITALY and FRANCE Including the Neutral Countries of San Marino, Vatican. Trafford Publishing. p. 514. ISBN 9781426946332. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  2. Natalini, Fabrizio (2015). Leonor Fini e la torre del surreale. Sinestesie Online. ISSN 2280-6849.
  3. Dan, Maria Masau; Strukelj, Vanja (25 June 2014). Leonor Fini. Giunti. p. 16. ISBN 9788809801479. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  4. Webb, Peter (2009). Sphinx: The Life and Art of Leonor Fini. p. 88,98.
  5. Aleksandra Klich, Kot, Kot, nie odchodź. Wysokie Obcasy Extra nr. 2(11)/2012, pp.62-68 (in Polish)
  6. "Lèpri, Stanislao". Treccani. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
  7. Testa, Alberto (2005). Storia della danza e del balletto. Gremese Editore. p. 44. ISBN 9788884403926. Retrieved 20 January 2018.
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