Raymond Moretti

Art Brokerage: Raymond Moretti French Artist: b. 1931-2005. Raymond Moretti was a French painter. He was born in Nice on July 23, 1931 to Italian parents who fled the Fascist Italy of Mussolini. His father was a Tuscan carpenter and anarchist and his mother an Umbrian cleaning lady. Jazz was an important part of the artist's life, and Moretti painted his first important work to the sound of Count Basie playing on a hand-wound phonograph. Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong and Thelonious Monk all posed for him. The 1960s saw the publication of Moretti Verve, a series of 12 LPs recorded by the greatest names of Jazz, the covers illustrated by the painter. Listings wanted by Art Brokerage.