Angiolo Achini (March 6, 1850 – January 16, 1930) was an Italian

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Biography

Angiolo Achini was born in Milan. He was educated at the Brera Academy, where he studied under

Giuseppe Bertini Giuseppe Bertini (1825–1898) was an Italian painter, active in his native Milan. Biography He studied at the Brera Academy under Luigi Sabatelli and Giuseppe Bisi, and in 1845 was awarded the ''Gran premio di pittura dell'Accademia di Brera ...

.Agnellini, Maurizio (1998). ''Ottocento italiano: pittori e scultori: opere e mercato 1998–1999''. Novara: Istituto geografico de Agostini. p. 11. . At age 27, he won a national prize for best

history painting History painting is a genre in painting defined by its subject matter rather than any artistic style or specific period. History paintings depict a moment in a narrative story, most often (but not exclusively) Greek and Roman mythology and Bible ...

. In his early 30s, he became a follower of painter

Tranquillo Cremona Tranquillo Cremona (10 April 1837 – 10 June 1878) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Pavia and was the brother of the mathematician Luigi Cremona. He trained as a young man with Giovanni Carnovali. Others note he trained under a ...

(a leading member of the '' Scapigliatura''). He painted two portraits of Cremona. After completing his studies, he exhibited paintings in Rome and Milan in 1881 and in Turin in 1882. He also exhibited his paintings abroad, e.g. in Munich in 1888. Among his historical canvases were ''Savonarola arrested'' and ''Il colloquio di Clemente VII con Carlo VI ai danni of Firenze'' (1880, exhibited at Turin). In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited the landscape ''Una nevicata''. In 1883 at Milan: ''Baptism''; ''Lo scalo merci''; two portraits; ''una Messalina'', and ''La ripa di porta Ticinese''. In 1883 in Rome he exhibited ''Interno di San Marco''; ''Attenzione''; ''Circus Romanus''; ''

sul suo letto di morte''; ''Ottobre''; and ''Tramonto''. In 1886 at Milan, he exhibited the watercolors ''Monaca'' and ''Marina'', and oil canvases ''Vedova''; ''Lo scarico delle merci''; and ''Amor Materno''. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 563. He died in Milan on January 16, 1930.

Works

Achini's works include: *''Interno di San Marco'' (Interior of San Marco) *''

sul letto di morte'' (Tranquillo Cremona on his deathbed) *''Amor Materno'' (Maternal love) *''Circus Romanus'' *''Nevicata'' (Snowfall) *''Ritratto di

Francesco Tamburini Francesco Tamburini (1846 in Ascoli Piceno, Italy – 1891 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was an Italian-born architect who designed many important architectural landmarks in Argentina. He studied architecture in Italy and arrived in Argentina in 18 ...

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) *''L'arresto di Fra' Gerolamo Savonarola'' (The Arrest of Fra' Gerolamo Savonarola) *''A mosca cieca'' (At blind man's buff) *''Mascherina'' (Mask) *''Donna in costume turco'' (Lady in Turkish dress)

References

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