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Caffi Ippolito
Caffi is an Italian surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Alex Caffi, Italian former Formula One driver *Ippolito Caffi Ippolito Caffi (1809–1866) was an Italian painter of architectural subjects and seascapes or urban vedute. Biography He was born at Belluno. His first works were produced at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. By 1830, he had won awards for h ..., Italian architectural painter * Margherita Caffi, Italian still life painter * Pedro Pablo García Caffi, Argentine singer and cultural administrator See also * Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi, natural history museum in Bergamo {{surname, Caffi Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Caffi
Alessandro "Alex" Caffi (born 18 March 1964) is an Italian racing driver, former Formula One driver, and team owner. He participated in 75 Grands Prix, debuting on 7 September 1986. In 2006 he raced in the inaugural season of the Grand Prix Masters formula for retired Formula One drivers. He currently serves as the team owner of NASCAR Whelen Euro Series team Alex Caffi Motorsport, occasionally doing owner-driver duties as well. Early life Caffi was born in Rovato (province of Brescia), in Northern Italy. He spent three years in Italian Formula Three from 1984 to 1986, finishing runner-up in 1984 and 1985, then third in 1986. 1986 also saw him land a one-off drive with the Osella Formula One team. Formula One career 1980s ;1986 Caffi was handed his Formula One debut by Osella, at his, and the team's home race, the Italian Grand Prix, in place of Canadian Allen Berg. Qualifying 27th and last in his FA1H (because of a quirk where for this race, and the following one in Portugal, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ippolito Caffi
Ippolito Caffi (1809–1866) was an Italian painter of architectural subjects and seascapes or urban vedute. Biography He was born at Belluno. His first works were produced at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. By 1830, he had won awards for his vedute at the academy. He subsequently moved to Rome, made some reputation by his treatise on perspective, as well as by his investigations on Roman archaeology. In 1843 he visited Greece and the East (Athens, Constantinople, Syria, Egypt, and Malta). The first work of his that created a sensation was ''Carnival at Venice''. This was exhibited at Paris in 1846, and was admired for its brilliant effects of light. Other works are his ''Panorama of Rome from Monte Mario'', ''Isthmus of Suez'', and ''Close of the Carnival at Rome''. He joined revolutionary movements in Venice Venice ( ; it, Venezia ; vec, Venesia or ) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto Regions of Italy, region. It is built on a group o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margherita Caffi
Margherita Caffi (1650 – 20 September 1710) was an Italian painter of still lifes of flowers and fruit. She was born Margherita Volo, in Milan to Francesco Volo (a still-life painter himself) and his wife, Veronica. In 1668, she married Ludivico Caffi (also a still-life painter) in Cremona. She settled in Piacenza Piacenza (; egl, label= Piacentino, Piaṡëinsa ; ) is a city and in the Emilia-Romagna region of northern Italy, and the capital of the eponymous province. As of 2022, Piacenza is the ninth largest city in the region by population, with over ... in 1670. She is known to have had at least four children. She died in Milan at the age of sixty. References * 1650 births 1710 deaths Painters from Cremona 17th-century Italian painters 18th-century Italian painters Italian Baroque painters Painters from Milan Italian women painters Italian still life painters Flower artists 17th-century Italian women artists 18th-century Italian women artists [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pedro Pablo García Caffi
Pedro Pablo García Caffi (1944 – 1 July 2022) was an Argentine singer, stage director, producer and cultural administrator. He focused mainly on Argentine popular music, as a member of the Cuarteto Zupay; and on classical music, as conductor of the Camerata Bariloche and as general director of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Buenos Aires. He was general and artistic director of the Teatro Argentino de La Plata and general and artistic director of the Teatro Colón de Buenos Aires. Life and career Born in Buenos Aires, Caffi became first known as founding member and lead singer of the folk group Cuarteto Zupay. A stage director since 1983, following the 1991 disbandment of the group in 1992 he was nominated general director of the Buenos Aires Philharmonic, a position he left in 1997 to become executive director of the prestigious Camerata Bariloche. He directed the Teatro Argentino de La Plata from 1999 to 2002. Between 2009 and 2015 he served as general and artistic di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi
Civic Museum of Natural Science Enrico Caffi ( it, Museo di Scienze Naturali Enrico Caffi) is a natural history museum in Bergamo, Italy. The museum has more than 55,000 artifacts, fossils, animal and plant specimens. The museum is founded in 1918 and, after multiple moves, is currently located at Piazza Cittadella. The museum also hosts a library and provide education activities for schools in the region. History The origin of the museum could be traced back to the end of the 19th century. In 1871, the first exhibitions were held during public holidays, consisted of collections of memorabilia and artifacts from the Royal Technical Institute Vittorio Emanuele II. These collections made up the initial collection of the museum. At the time, the headquarters of the Royal Technical Institute was in the lower city, in the Palazzo della Pretura Nuova at Via Tasso 1. In 1873, the institute was moved to Piazza Vecchia in the Palazzo Nuovo. On 14 July 1918, the museum was inaugurated and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
