Lorenzo Quinn was born in Rome in 1966 and was the son of the famous actor ANthony Quinn. He studied at the American Academy of Fine Arts in New York and subsequently in workshops and foundries across the United States and Europe. Starting out as a painter in 1982, he soon discovered that a dimension was missing from his work. Turning to sculpture because of a deep-rooted need to create, he found this medium allowed him to directly convey his innermost feelings to the viewer. Quinn can be described as a prodigy in the art world. At the age of 21, he was already respected by the New York arts community. He was then selected to head the Absolut Vodka ad campaign, a campaign for which only the top world artists are chosen. Shortly after, he was asked by Vatican to create a sculpture of Saint Anthony in order to commemorate the eighth anniversary of his death.
