Angiolo Tricca (17 February 1817 – 23 March 1884) was an Italian
caricaturist
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and
painter of historical themes.
![Collodicaricatura](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/84/Collodicaricatura.jpg)
Born in Sansepolcro, he became a pupil of the painter
Vincenzo Chialli. His best known works are the caricatures of Italian artists who attended the
Caffè Michelangiolo
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in
Florence
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(such as
Collodi
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Early life
Co ...
,
Giovanni Fattori
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,
Telemaco Signorini
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Biography
He was born in the Santa Croce quarter of Florence, and showed an early inclination toward the st ...
and
Odoardo Borrani
Odoardo Borrani (22 August 1833 – 14 September 1905) was an Italian painter associated with the Macchiaioli group.
Biography
He was born in Pisa. The Borrani family moved to Florence, where Odoardo enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1853. ...
). He collaborated with making satirical cartoons, often pseudonymously, for journals published in Florence such as ''Il Piovano Arlotto'', ''Il Lampione'', and ''La Lanterna di Diogene''. He also opened a gallery and antiquarian shop, where he often copied or repaired antique works.
One of his pupils was Federico Andreotti and his son,
Fosco Tricca.
Sources
* Martina Alessio, Silvestra Bietoletti, Valentino Baldacci, Andrea Rauch, Attilio Brilli e Piero Scapecchi (a cura di). ''Angiolo Tricca e la caricatura toscana dell'Ottocento''. Firenze, Giunti, 1993. .
1817 births
1884 deaths
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
Painters from Tuscany
Italian caricaturists
People from Sansepolcro
19th-century Italian male artists
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