Edoardo Navone (

Rome Rome (Italian language, Italian and , ) is the capital city and most populated (municipality) of Italy. It is also the administrative centre of the Lazio Regions of Italy, region and of the Metropolitan City of Rome. A special named with 2, ...

, 1844–1912) was an Italian painter of

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scenes, some in historical costume (''costume genre'') and some rural scenes, in a Realist style.

Biography

He was a resident of

, where he studied at the

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, and opened a studio at the Passeggiata di Ripetta. He worked principally in watercolor, and painted laborers and animals in the Roman countryside. Among his works: ''Buttero''; ''Costumi del Lazio''; ''Ciociara''. At the 1883 Mostra Nazionale of Rome and the 1884 Mostra at

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, he exhibited ''Al passeggio'' and ''La zingara''. On 28 September 1887, his works were displayed at an exhibition in

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, along with those of Gustavo Simoni and

Francesco Coleman Francesco Coleman (1851–1918) was an Italian painter. He was the son of the English painter Charles Coleman and brother of the better-known Italian painter Enrico Coleman. He was known as a painter, in oil and in water-colour, of the people a ...

. His work ''Interessante notizia'' was displayed in 1888 by the

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in London.

References

External links

Navone's works listed at MutualArt
19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1844 births 1912 deaths 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists Italian costume genre painters {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub