Raffaele Tafuri

Raffaele Tafuri (1857-1929) was an Italian painter. He was born on January 27, 1857 in Salerno. He died in 1929 in Venice.

He completed his early studies in the family, then moved to Naples at the Institute of Fine Arts, in the city of Naples attended the study of sculptor Stanislao Lista. He is famous for his coastal landscapes.

He participated in the first Biennale of Art in Venice in 1895 and in the editions of 1907, 1909, 1910, 1914.

Works in museums

• Collezione d'arte della SBAPPSAE of Salerno (Italy) with on deposit: Caffè Florian di Venezia (1910).
• Museo d'arte of Avellino (Italy) with Angolo di Pedavena (1910) and Tetti (1920).
• Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci of Milano (Italy) Section Art Collection, with Ragazze al sole (1887).
• Pinacoteca Provinciale of Salerno (Italy) with: Le spannocchiatrici and Masaniello.

Bibliography

• (IT) BONATTI Cecilia (1975), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in MONTEVERDI Mario Storia della pittura italiana dell'Ottocento, Bramante Editrice, Milano 1975, vol.3, pag. 282.
• (IT) MARINI Giuseppe Luigi (1994), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in IDEM Il valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo novecento, edizione XI (1993/1994), Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 1994, pag. 452.
• (IT) MARINI Giuseppe Luigi (2002), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in IDEM Il valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo novecento, edizione XIX (2001/2002), Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 2002, pag. 736.

External links

• [1] Information (in Italian)