Luigi Corbellini was born in Italy in 1901. He was a sculptor and painter of genre scenes, landscapes, cityscapes and portraits. He began art lessons at a young age. In 1923, Corbellini moved to Paris to paint. He found success quickly as a popular portraitist. He was widely exhibited in Parisian galleries through the 1950s. Corbellini spent the last two decades of his life traveling the world and exhibiting his art, including in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Venezuela, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Tahiti and Japan. Corbellini is represented in the National Modern Art Museum, the Modern Art Museum of Paris, the Museum of Grenoble, the Modern Art Museum of Ricci Oddi in Italy and the Petit Palais in Geneva.
Auction Records
Paris, 23 Dec 1927: View of Montmartre, FRF 310
Paris, 15 Feb 1930: Landscape, FRF 400
Paris, 8 May 1941: Place de la Concorde, FRF 1,320
Paris, 23 Dec 1942: Portrait of a Woman, FRF 3,100
Paris, 14 May 1943: Portrait of a Young Girl, FRF 14,500
Paris, 20 June 1944: Child with Grapes, FRF 30,000
New York, 26 Oct 1960: Bohemian, USD 1,000
New York, 24 Nov 1962: Fitting, USD 650
Paris, 9 June 1964: Portrait of a Child, FRF 1,400
New York, 13 Jan 1966: Beach Scene, USD 475
New York, 24 May 1968: Little Musician, USD 650
Paris, 30 Jan 1970: Afternoon in Capri, FRF 2,600
Paris, 23 June 1972: Little Girl Doing her Homework, FRF 1,850
Toulouse, 6 Dec 1976: Little Girl with a Shawl (oil on canvas, 13¾ × 11 ins/35 × 27 cm) FRF 1,500
Versailles, 13 May 1981: Portrait of Charlotte (oil on canvas, 32 × 23½ ins/81 × 60 cm) FRF 3,000
New York, 15 Dec 1983: Kiki of Monparnasse (c. 1920, oil on canvas, 25 × 39 ins/63.5 × 99 cm) USD 950
Paris, 20 June 1986: Spanish Dancer (oil on canvas, 25½ × 21¼ ins/65 × 54 cm) FRF 7,000
Versailles, 13 Dec 1987: Nude with the Green Veil (c. 1938, oil on canvas, 28¾ × 19¾ ins/73 × 50 cm) FRF 9,000
Versailles, 25 Sept 1988: Bust of a Young Red-Haired Woman (oil on canvas, 32 × 23½ ins/81 × 60 cm) FRF 10,500
Paris, 21 Nov 1988: Nude with Green Veil (oil on canvas, 29 × 20 ins/73.5 × 50.5 cm) FRF 15,000
Versailles, 18 Dec 1988: Young Brunette in Pink Negligée (c. 1950, oil on canvas, 24 × 20 ins/61 × 50.5 cm) FRF 15,000
Versailles, 11 Jan 1989: Françoise as Little Red Riding Hood (oil on canvas, 32 × 23½ ins/81 × 60 cm) FRF 11,000
la Varenne-St-Hilaire, 21 May 1989: Polo Players (oil on canvas, 24 × 32 ins/61 × 81 cm) FRF 24,000
Le Touquet, 12 Nov 1989: Portrait of a Little Girl (oil on panel, 24 × 19¾ ins/61 × 50 cm) FRF 26,000
la Varenne-St-Hilaire, 3 Dec 1989: View of a Canal in Venice (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 25½ ins/50 × 65 cm) FRF 8,500
Calais, 4 March 1990: Child with the Mandolin (oil on canvas, 19¾ × 24 ins/50 × 61 cm) FRF 28,000
Calais, 8 July 1990: Pink Negligée (oil on canvas, 24½ × 19¾ ins/62 × 50 cm) FRF 30,000
St-Dié, 22 July 1990: Young Woman with Vase of Flowers and Bowl of Fruit (oil on canvas, 24 × 18 ins/61 × 46 cm) FRF 16,500
New York, 10 Oct 1990: Moulin de la Galette (1948, oil on canvas, 14¾ × 21¾ ins/37.5 × 55.2 cm) USD 1,980
Versailles, 9 Dec 1990: Young Woman with Bare Breasts (oil on canvas, 24 × 19¾ ins/61 × 50 cm) FRF 20,000
Paris, 6 Feb 1991: Little Girl with Hat (oil on canvas, 13¾ × 11 ins/35 × 27 cm) FRF 8,000
Stockholm, 30 May 1991: Seated Woman (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 17¾ ins/54 × 45 cm) SEK 69,000
New York, 12 June 1991: Child Harlequin (oil on canvas, a pair, 16¼ × 10¾ ins/41.3 × 27.3 cm and 10½ × 8½ ins/26.7 × 21.9 cm) USD 2,750
Le Touquet, 10 Nov 1991: Blue Harlequin (oil on canvas, 16¼ × 11 ins/41 × 27 cm) FRF 13,000
Neuilly, 23 Feb 1992: Portrait of a Little Girl (oil on canvas, 13¾ × 11 ins/35 × 27 cm) FRF 7,000
Calais, 13 Dec 1992: Mandolin Player (oil on canvas, 18 × 13 ins/46 × 33 cm) FRF 12,000
New York, 26 Feb 1993: Helenitta (oil on canvas, 10¾ × 8½ ins/27.3 × 21.6 cm) USD 920
Paris, 5 Nov 1993: Village Church (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 28¾ ins/54 × 73 cm) FRF 6,100
Paris, 8 June 1994: Place Ravignan (oil on canvas, 21¼ × 25½ ins/54 × 65 cm) FRF 4,500
Paris, 21 March 1995: New York (1948, oil on canvas, 13 × 20 ins/33 × 51 cm) FRF 9,000
Paris, 11 April 1997: Young Peoples' Breakfast (oil on canvas, 32 × 25½ ins/81 × 65 cm) FRF 8,100