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Tony Sisti was born on 1901 in New York City, New York, U.S., is an American painter. Discover Tony Sisti's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 82 years old?

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Age 82 years old
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Born 1901
Birthday 1901
Birthplace New York City, New York, U.S.
Date of death 1983
Died Place Buffalo, New York, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1901

Anthony J. Sisti (1901–1983) was an American artist, art instructor and patron of the arts.

In his youth, Sisti was also a Bantam Weight boxer.

As an artist, Sisti was best known for his oil paintings, drawings, and murals.

Sisti studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy.

He then taught at the Art Institute of Buffalo before opening his own gallery in Buffalo, New York.

Over the years, he painted portraits of many important political and business leaders.

Sisti was born in Greenwich Village in 1901.

He moved to Buffalo when he was ten.

As a young man, Sisti began boxing at a local gym.

1918

A year later, he won the New York State’s 1918 Golden Gloves bantamweight championship.

At that point, he became a professional boxer.

Over the next twelve years, he boxed whenever he needed money.

1920

He was active as a professional painter from the mid-1920s until his death in 1983.

Sisti was known for his bold use of color and fluid action figures.

1926

From 1926 to 1931, Sisti studied visual arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, eventually earning a doctor's degree in painting.

During this period, he also traveled throughout Europe.

He also accompanied Ernest Hemingway on a trip to the Congo.

When he ran out of money, Sisti arranged a boxing match in Rome, winning enough money to finance his return to Buffalo.

Later, he used the winnings from another fight to underwrite the cost of a personal art show in New York City.

1930

When he finally retired in 1930, he had fought 100 bouts, winning all but 15.

However, his real passion was art.

During the mid-1930s, he also won several Works Projects Administration art commissions including a large oil painting called Circus and a mural at Buffalo’s City Hospital.

Unfortunately, the mural no longer exists.

1932

Sisti joined the Art Institute of Buffalo as a member of the faculty in 1932.

1938

He taught painting and anatomy at the institute until 1938.

In 1938, he opened his own art studio on Franklin Street in the Allentown area of Buffalo.

He continued to teach art as well, flying to Manhattan every week to teach drawing at the New York School of Applied Design for Women.

Over the years, Sisti became an active member of the Allentown community.

1958

In 1958, he helped the Allentown neighborhood organize an outdoor art festival, serving as the event’s first chairman.

Fifty years later, the Allentown Art Festival is still a popular annual event in Buffalo.

1979

In 1979, Sisti made a major gift to the Burchfield-Penney Art Center, including 26 paintings and drawings by Charles E. Burchfield as well as 32 of his own works.

1981

In 1981, the City of Buffalo named a park in his honor.

In 1981, the City of Buffalo named a park in the Allentown area in his honor.

Tony Sisti Park is located near the intersection of Franklin Street and North Street.

1983

Sisti died in Buffalo on 15 December 1983.

More than twenty-five years later, he is still remembered in Buffalo as a painter, art collector, and patron of the arts.

2009

In 2009, when the Burchfield-Penney Art Center opened its new museum on the campus of Buffalo State College, one of the main floor galleries was named after Sisti.

Tony Sisti was a painter, muralist, and drawing specialist.

He was a classically trained artist, who studied at the Albright Art School in Buffalo and at Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence.

He later became an art instructor at the Art Institute of Buffalo and then the New York School of Applied Design for Women in New York City.