Alfonso Savini
Alfonso Savini (1836–1908) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre and flower paintings.
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He was a resident in Bologna, and became professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.[1] His son Alfredo was a painter of natural landscapes. In 1884 at the Exhibition of Fine Arts in Turin, he exhibited: Luna di miele; Devota patrizia; Età dei fiori; and Laccio amoroso. In 1884 at Florence, he displayed: Spring flowers and Autumn flowers ; Oh come l'amo!...; and Ritorna Primavera. In 1887 at Venice: Aspettando; Suor Maria; Dopo il pranzo; and Riflessioni. In 1888 at Bologna: Fate la pace and Altro tempi.[2] Among his historical subjects were the Neo-Pompeian topic of Nidia e Glauco (circa 1869, from the opera Jone) and the Last moments of Torquato Tasso.
References
[edit]- ^ Jubilaums-ausstellung der Kgl. Akademie der kunste im Landes Ausstellungs Gebaude. (1880) By Preussische Akademie der Künste, Page 181.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 456.
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 20th-century Italian painters
- Italian genre painters
- Painters from Bologna
- 1836 births
- 1908 deaths
- Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna
- 19th-century Italian male artists
- 20th-century Italian male artists
- Italian painter, 19th-century birth stubs