Estella Canziani

Estella Louisa Michaela Canziani (12 January 1887 – 23 August 1964) was a British

Life and works

Born in London, Estella Canziani was the daughter of the painter Louisa Starr and Enrico Canziani (1848–1931), an Italian civil engineer. She lived all her life in the family home at 3 Palace Green, in the grounds of Kensington Palace.

She trained as an artist, studying first at the 'Copernicus', a

in popularity.

She travelled extensively throughout Europe, particularly in Italy. Her paintings document the clothes and lifestyle of the local people living in remote villages in Northern Italy. She also worked as a book illustrator.

She published three travel books: Costumes, Traditions and Songs of Savoy (1911), Piedmont (1913) and Through the Apennines and the Lands of the Abruzzi (1928), her writings gaining her membership of the

. She also published an autobiography: Round About Three Palace Green (1939).

A large part of her collection is preserved in the

.

Canziani was a

, and the Folklore Society.

References

• Glenn Hooper, Tim Youngs, Perspectives on Travel Writing, Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2004

External links

• Estella Canziani biography and works Archived 2018-05-01 at the Wayback Machine (Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery)
• The Other Within: Estella Canziani (Pitt Rivers Museum: England)
• The Pearly Festival: Estella Canziani (The Folklore Society)