Renato Signorini

Generally, the portraits were small half-length busts, depicting the subject in a front head pose gazing distantly, with simple and neat details, as inspired by the Tuscan renaissance portraiture.

In November 1948 he took part in the "Great Exhibition of Italian Art" in Pretoria, as reported by the artist himself in his personal file kept at the Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma.

Among them, the portraits of: Pope Pius XII; Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987), ambassador of the United States to Italy in the 50s; Princess Isabelle Colonna; Audrey Hepburn; Queen Elizabeth II[10] (New York Times, 9 October 1957).

[11] The works on display also included a small bust of Empress Soraya, a mantel designed for the Tokyo opera season, a Chiang Kai-shek commemorative medal, more than 10 drawings.

[12] His works were on display at the Sun Lounge of the Beverly Hills Hotel, Los Angeles, in October 1958 (Anderson Herald Bulletin 20/10/1958) and then in San Francisco, Dallas, New Orleans, Paris, Madrid and Johannesburg.

Among the famous characters portrayed by Signorini, it is worth mentioning Pope Pius XII, whose portrait in gold and gems is currently kept in the Vatican City, as declared by the artist himself in his personal file now kept at the "Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma"; Sophia Loren; Grace Kelly;[15] Soraya, the second wife of the last Shah of Persia;[8] Pope John XXIII; Cardinal Ernesto Ruffini ("This Week Magazine", The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 August 1956).