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At ReligiousFineArts.com, we offer a wide selection of over 200 inspirational fine art prints, church banners and prayer cards featuring the artwork of Ann Torrini and her husband Rudolph Torrini. Our offerings include traditional subjects such as the Holy Family, Orthodox subjects such as icons of the Three Hierarchs, and Catholic subjects such as the Doctors of the Church.
Customers can choose to purchase fine art prints framed or unframed. Framed prints are professionally assembled with a frame selected by the artist. We also offer colorful and inspiring banners, including fabric banners for indoor display and vinyl banners for outdoors.
We offer reproductions of the only known collection of portraits of all 33 Doctors of the Church painted by the same artist – Ann Torrini. The commission to paint portraits of the Doctors of the Church was given to artist Ann Torrini in 1999 by Helen Bergkamp of Wichita, Kansas. The paintings were finished in 2001 and are permanently installed at the Spiritual Life Center in Wichita, Kansas.
Our fine art prints, church banners and prayer cards are an ideal choice for churches, hospitals, grade schools, high schools, and colleges. They also make wonderful gifts.
ARTIST BIO - ANN TORRINI
Ann Walsh Torrini was born in 1933 in St. Louis, Missouri. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Webster University in 1954 and a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Fontbonne University in 1977.
She works in a variety of media, including pencil, pen and ink, pastel, oil, acrylic, and watercolor. She has painted book illustrations, oil portraits, and oil still lifes. She has also worked extensively in stained glass.
In addition to her portraits of the Doctors of the Church and stained glass designs, her religious commissions have included portraits of Bishop Charles Koester and Clementine Zerr, founder of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ, a religious order of Sisters based in Ruma, Illinois. She was also commissioned to paint icons of the Madonna and Child and St. Joseph.
ARTIST BIO - RUDOLPH TORRINI
Rudolph Torrini was born in 1923 in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Washington University School of Fine Arts in 1949. He received a Fulbright Scholarship in 1950 and studied for a year at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. He then received a Masters of Fine Arts Degree in 1958 from the University of Notre Dame, where he studied with the famed Croatian/Yugoslav sculptor Ivan Mestrovic, a protege of Auguste Rodin.
Mr. Torrini is well known for his cast bronze, carved wood, and carved stone sculptures and reliefs. He has also created a vast collection of drawings in multiple media, including pencil, charcoal, pen, and ink. His religious art is displayed in churches, schools, and colleges throughout the United States and Canada.
Mr. Torrini served as Chairman of the Art Department at Webster University from 1951 to 1965. He then served as Chairman of the Art Department at Fontbonne University from 1966 to 1993.
He was awarded two orders of knighthood by Italy, including the Cavaliere al Merito in 1973 and the Commendatore al Merito in 1977. He was also awarded the Gold Medal by the City of Lucca, Italy in 1990 for contributions to Italian-American culture.
He received an honorary doctorate from Fontbonne University in 2000.
