Angiolo Torchi (

Massa Lombarda Massa Lombarda () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Ravenna in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about east of Bologna and about west of Ravenna. Notable people * Angiolo Torchi (1856-1915), painter Twin towns Massa ...

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, 1856 – 1915) was an Italian painter mainly of

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. He is also known as Angiolo Torchi. He began his studies at

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under professor Lorenzo Gelati. He then moved to Naples to work with Alceste Campriani. He painted his landscapes and figures outdoors. He frequently exhibited at the Promotrice of Florence. Angelo Torchi also exhibited in Milan in 1881, Rome in 1883, Turin in 1884, Venice, Bologna and Paris. Among his works were studies of ''Canals in Venice'' and ''Under the Grapevines in Capri''. He did various studies on ''Vedute of Mergellina''. Among his genre works is ''In risaia dopo il raccolto''. To an Exposition of Paris he displayed a study of a Roman Peasant. Over time he painted numerous studies of the

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in Florence, the

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near Livorno, the railway line of the Apennine Porrettano and of the

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. He also painted portraits. Other works include ''Sotto la pineta'', ''A Mergellina'', ''Alle Cascine (June Morning)'', ''Dopo il raccolto'', ''March Sun'', ''Naples alla villa reale'', ''Livorno on the Beach'', ''Near

'', ''Marine Study a

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'', ''Nel greto del Mugnone'', ''Alla Porretta in July'', ''San Vincenzo'', ''July Morning'' and ''Via Lorenzo il Magnifico in Florence''. By the 1891 Exhibition of the Promotrice of Florence, his technique reflected

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styles. In 1891 he displayed ''Impressions of a Market'', ''Fra settembre e ottobre'', ''Along the canal of Massa Lombarda'', ''Ulivi siti mare'', ''Riso sull' Aia'', ''Last Rays of Sunlight'', ''Forte San Giuliano (Genoa)'' and ''Pergolato sul mare''. History of Modern Italian Art
By Ashton Rollins Willard. Page 697.

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