Famousness with Liguria as adopted country

Many artists from all over the world have fallen in love with Liguria and have chosen it as their adopted country. Here you will find a list of international artists and famousness:

Artists

Regina Richter

Regina Richter was born 27th July 1947 in Hamburg. She studied from 1968 until 1972 at the Polytecnic for Design in Hamburg, which she finished in 1972 with the Diploma. Since this time she is working as a free illustrator and paintress. In 1996 she established the Summer Academy in Montalto/Liguria, which she leads still today. Also this year the following courses are bookable: Water Colour Painting, Painting of forms and gilding, Free painting and acrylic works and woodworker.

Further information you will find here: www.atelier-regina-richter.de

Flavio Furlani

Flavio Furlani was born 1933 in Turin. He started his career as a photographer. His main work was taking photos of the Ponente for the tourist journals. 15 years ago, he started with the work on plastics. One of his most famous scultpures is "Bentornata Llaria" that you can visit in the Castello of Zuccarello. Today he lives in Albenga. His art artelier "Studio e la bottega d'arte" is in the Via Mazzini 16, 17031 Albenga (SV), Tel. 00393474664592).

Further information you will find here: www.ideeinscultura.it

Adrian Wettach

Adrian Wettach was an exceptionally gifted and a welcome entertainer (clown) and artist. Many of the european kings and heads of goverments were his fans. 1951 he established his travelling circus. In 1927 Wettach bought some land with sea view in Imperia and built his big Villa Bianca. He created the villa in different styles like Baroque, Rococo and Art Nouveau. He passed the last years of his life here until he died in1959. His daughter sold the Villa in 1975. Today it is property of the Province Imperia and is called Villa Grock.

Founder of the Nobel Prize
Alfred Nobel