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Edoardo Tofano (1838 in
He began his studies at the Albertina Academy of Turin, but completed studies at the Istituto Matteucci
short biography.
Naples
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– 1920 in Rome
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) was an Italian painter
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. He painted historic, genre and Orientalist themes.
Biography
He began his studies at the Albertina Academy of Turin, but completed studies at the Accademia Clementina
The Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna ('academy of fine arts of Bologna') is a public tertiary academy of fine art in Bologna, Italy. It has a campus in Cesena.
Giorgio Morandi taught engraving at the Accademia for more than 25 years.
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of Bologna. He then returned to Naples where he became a follower of the Realism
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of Domenico Morelli
Domenico Morelli (4 August 182313 August 1901) was an Italians, Italian painter, who mainly produced historical and religious works. Morelli was immensely influential in the arts of the second half of the 19th century, both as director of the Ac ...
. At the age of 23 (1861), he was recruited as an instructor at the Art Institute of Naples, a post he held until 1864. He resigned to create works marketed by the Goupil Gallery in Paris, and was patronized by British collectors.
Among his work are ''The cabin of Nelson'' and ''Donna con Ventaglio'' (Girl with Fan) He also painted orientalist subjects and portraits, including those exhibited at 1897 at London, Portrait of Lady Hastings Campbell ( Flora Mure-Campbell, Marchioness of Hastings?) and in 1906 at Paris (Princess Alexandria of Yugoslavia).short biography.
See also
*List of Orientalist artists
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* Orientalism
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References
1838 births 1920 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Kingdom of the Two Sicilies people Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Naples Italian Orientalist painters Accademia Albertina alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub