Domingo F. Periconi
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Domingo Francisco Mario Periconi (born January 22, 1883 in Reggio, Calabria, Italy) was an artist.
He migrated to the United States in 1904 and settled in Manhattan, New York City. Domingo Periconi was a classically trained artist at the National Academy of Fine Arts School in New York City and painted in many mediums. His commercial specialty, western themes, can be found on the front cover of many “pulp magazines" of the 1930s such as:
Sangroo the Sun-God. 1931. in: Jungle Stories, August 1931, vol 1 #1. H.A. McComas, ed. .$.25. 160 pp. New York. Clayton Magazines, Inc.; Trumpeting Herd, The. 1931. in: Jungle Stories, October 1931, vol 1 #2. H.A. McComas, ed. .$.25. 160 pp. New York. Clayton Magazines, Inc.; Sangroo the Sun-God. 1931. in: Jungle Stories, August 1931, vol 1 #1. H.A. McComas, ed. .$.25. 160 pp. New York. Clayton Magazines, Inc.
Domingo Periconi was also the cover artist of the following: Ace-High Magazine Aug #1 ’31; Ace-High Magazine Oct #1 ’31; Wild West Weekly Feb 6 ’32; Ace-High Magazine Mar #1 ’32; Ace-High Magazine May '32; Ace-High Magazine Sep ’32; Ace-High Magazine Jan #1 ’33.
In addition to pulp fiction magazines covers, Domingo painted numerous landscapes of California as well as upstate New York. Domingo’s paintings were always signed “DFM Periconi.” His wife, Elizabeth Millspaugh, was born about 1885 in New York. They were married in 1910. Domingo had one son Eugene Alexis Periconi who was also an artist.
