Angiolo Achini (March 6, 1850 – January 16, 1930) was an

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Biography

Angiolo Achini was born in

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. He was educated at the

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, where he studied under

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.Agnellini, Maurizio (1998). ''Ottocento italiano: pittori e scultori: opere e mercato 1998–1999''. Novara: Istituto geografico de Agostini. p. 11. . At age 27, he won a national prize for best

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. In his early 30s, he became a follower of painter

Tranquillo Cremona Tranquillo Cremona (10 April 1837 – 10 June 1878) was an Italians, Italian painter. His paintings have a windswept style, lacking the linearity of Francesco Hayez and other academics. His technique recalls the ''pittura de tocco e di macchia'' ...

(a leading member of the ''

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''). He painted two portraits of Cremona. After completing his studies, he exhibited paintings in

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and Milan in 1881 and in

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in 1882. He also exhibited his paintings abroad, e.g. in

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in 1888. Among his historical canvases were ''Savonarola arrested'' and ''Il colloquio di Clemente VII con Carlo VI ai danni of Firenze'' (1880, exhibited at Turin). In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited the landscape ''Una nevicata''. In 1883 at Milan: ''Baptism''; ''Lo scalo merci''; two portraits; ''una Messalina'', and ''La ripa di porta Ticinese''. In 1883 in Rome he exhibited ''Interno di San Marco''; ''Attenzione''; ''Circus Romanus''; ''

sul suo letto di morte''; ''Ottobre''; and ''Tramonto''. In 1886 at Milan, he exhibited the watercolors ''Monaca'' and ''Marina'', and oil canvases ''Vedova''; ''Lo scarico delle merci''; and ''Amor Materno''. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 563. He died in Milan on January 16, 1930.

Works

Achini's works include: *''Interno di San Marco'' (Interior of San Marco) *''

sul letto di morte'' (Tranquillo Cremona on his deathbed) *''Amor Materno'' (Maternal love) *''Circus Romanus'' *''Nevicata'' (Snowfall) *''Ritratto di

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'' (Portrait of

) *''L'arresto di Fra' Gerolamo Savonarola'' (The Arrest of Fra' Gerolamo Savonarola) *''A mosca cieca'' (At blind man's buff) *''Mascherina'' (Mask) *''Donna in costume turco'' (Lady in Turkish dress)

References

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