Tony Sisti Artist
Anthony J. (Tony) Sisti (1901–1983) was an American artist, art instructor and patron of the arts. In his youth, Sisti was also a Bantam Weight boxer. As an artist, Sisti was best known for his oil paintings, drawings, and murals.Sisti studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Florence, Italy. He then taught at the Art Institute of Buffalo before opening his own gallery in Buffalo, New York. Over the years, he painted portraits of many important political and business leaders. In 1981, the City of Buffalo named a park in his honor.