Emanuele Trionfi (December 1832 – 1900) was an Italian painter and ceramist.

Life and career

Born in Livorno in 1832, he initially studied design in Livorno. From there, he moved to the

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and studied under professor

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. He became professor of design at the Scuole Tecniche Comunali of Florence. He was an honorary associate of the Academy of Fine Arts of Urbino. He died in Florence in 1900.

Work

He was primarily a painter of genre and figures. In 1860, he painted a portrait of the King for the Italian colony in

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. He also painted literary subjects from the works of

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and

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; and a half-figure costume genre of ''Dopo il ballo'' donated to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. In the latter, a young woman after a masked ball, lounges in a chair still in her gay costume. Other

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paintings, include ''La Freddolosa'' and ''l'Estate''; and the pair ''Aspettando'' and ''i Preparativi''. He also painted ceramics with still lifes of fruit and game, and small figures. For example, a large plate of ''l'Autunno''.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 527.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Trionfi, Emanuele 1832 births 1900 deaths Artists from the Grand Duchy of Tuscany Painters from Livorno 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian genre painters Italian costume genre painters Italian Orientalist painters Italian potters Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni 19th-century Italian male artists

Life and career

Work

See also

References