Pietro Fenoglio

Place: Turin

Born: 1865

Death: 1927

Biography:

Pietro Fenoglio was an Italian architect and engineer, considered one of the most important pioneers of Art Nouveau in Italy. He quickly grasped the ascendancy of Art Nouveau as it appeared in Italy at the turn of the century as the 'Stile Floreale' or 'Stile Liberty' (Liberty style). He took advantage of the very favorable economic climate to become one of the style's most fervent supporters in northern Italy before the First World War. Building little after 1912, Fenoglio parlayed his success as a designer into a diverse set of economic ventures, eventually landing him the directorship of a bank in 1915.