Carlo Ademollo (9 October 1824 – 15 July 1911) was an Italian painter, best known for his scenes from the

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Biography

He was born in

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. He was the grandson of the Milanese painter,

Luigi Ademollo Luigi Ademollo (April 30, 1764 – February 11, 1849) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Milan. He studied at the Brera Academy, where he was taught by Giulio Traballesi, Giocondo Albertolli, and Giuseppe Piermarini. He left Milan i ...

. In 1838, he enrolled at the

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, where he studied with

Giuseppe Bezzuoli Giuseppe Bezzuoli (28 November 1784 – 13 September 1855) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassicism, Neoclassic period, active in Milan, Rome, and his native city of Florence. Biography He studied as a young man under Jean-Baptiste Desmarais a ...

.Brief biography
@ Treccani. He had his first exhibition in 1848, with scenes of contemporary customs. He came from a liberal family, many of whose members enlisted as volunteers in the First War of Italian Independence but, as a painter, he remained strictly traditional. He briefly took part in the "" (a group of landscape painters inspired by the

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) and frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo, but never joined the

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. Later, he moved away from landscapes and

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scenes to depict episodes from the Risorgimento; including the breach of the

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during the

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, the " Handshake of Teano", between

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and King Victor Emmanuel, and the execution of

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. During the

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, he followed the army at his own expense and maintained an extensive correspondence with those involved, requesting details to help him create his paintings. He also participated in the

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, receiving the rank of

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to the commander of the National Guard of Florence. Later, the King designated him the official painter of the Italian Army. In 1869, he was named a corresponding professor at his alma mater, the Accademia. Ademollo died in Florence in 1911. Many of his letters and other personal items were donated to the "" by his nephew Umberto. The Instituto also possesses one of Ademollo's last works, a posthumous portrait of .

Selected paintings

File:Ademollo-Parting.jpg, ''The Parting'' File:Ademollo-Artist.jpg, ''The Artist at Work'' (1857–1858) File:Carlo Ademollo Eccidio Tavani.jpg, ''The Slaughter of Giuditta Tavani Arquati
and Her Family'' (1880)

References

External links

ArtNet: More works by Ademollo.

An appreciation of Ademollo
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Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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