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Orfeo Orfei (Massa Lombarda, 1836 - Bologna, 1915) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre working class subjects, at work or play, often in situations with touch of irony.
Biography
[edit]He was a resident of Bologna. Among his works are Il pittore di ventagli and L' ombrellaio. In 1888 at Bologna, he exhibited La conciliazione.[2] He helped restore the frescoes of the Rocca Malatestiana in Cesena.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ A Political Cobbler is at the St Louis Museum of Art.
- ↑ De Gubernatis, Angelo (1889). Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti (in Italian). Tipi dei successori Le Monnier. p. 337.
- ↑ Pittura e miniatura a Napoli nel secolo XIV. By Adalbert Erbach-Fürstenau,1905, page 52.
Bibliography
[edit]- Renzo Grandi, ed. (1983). Dall'Accademia al vero. La pittura a Bologna prima e dopo l'Unità d'Italia (in Italian). Casalecchio di Reno: Grafis. pp. 198–199. ASIN B001GLE6F2.
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