Francesco Brunery (1849–1926), also known as François Brunery and as François Bruneri, was an Italian academic painter. He was born in Turin, Italy and studied with Jean-Léon Gérôme and Léon Bonnat. Brunery received an honorable mention at the Paris Salon of 1903. He is associated with anti-clerical art. References Thieme, Ulrich and Felix Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Leipzig, Veb E.A. Seemann Verlag, 1980–1986. 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Anti-clerical art 1849 births 1926 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists