Athos Menaboni (Italian/American, Georgia, 1895 to 1990),
Born in Livorno, Italy, Menaboni arrived in New York City in 1920, eventually settling in Atlanta, Georgia. While living and working in Georgia, Menoboni achieved popular and critical acclaim for his murals and illustrations. Influenced by the great naturalist, John James Audubon, Athos Menaboni began a series of paintings of American birds in their native settings during the 1930s.
With his wife he lived on a five- acre woodland sanctuary with numerous aviaries which enabled him to become intimately familiar with the native birds. In 1999, the Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art organized a major retrospective exhibition of his work.
Information courtesy of Neal Auction Company, February 2009.