Sebastiano Panunzi (Tolentino in the Province of Macerata, June 23, 1845 -1924), Artisti Napoletani Viventi: Pittori, scultori, incisori, ed Architetti. by Enrico Gianelli, preface by Eduardo Dalbono. Tipografia Melfi e Joele, Naples, 1916, page 354. also called Sebastiano Pannasi, Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 351. was an Italian painter, mainly working as a battle painter, often depicting cavalry movements.
He studied architecture in Naples, and but soon chose to become a painter. In 1883 at Rome he displayed Una rivista di Cavalleria; in 1884 at Turin, he depicted Una carica di bersaglieri; in the 1884 Promotrice of Florence, he displayed a canvas entitled Avanscoperta di cavalleria; and finally in 1887 at Venice and Bologna, Un nembo di cavalleria.De Gubernatis. page 351. In Naples, he displayed a A Squadron of Cavalry at Gallop (1883), Una ricognizione di Cavalleria (1886), Ambulanza (1887), and Alle grandi manovre (1891). He also painted watercolor and caricatures. Istituto Matteucci biography. After 1900, he emigrated to America, first to New York then to Philadelphia, where he became engineer for the American Bridge Company.Artisti Napoletani Viventi, E. Gianelli.
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