Francesco Gioli (29 June 1846, San Frediano a Settimo – 4 February 1922,

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) was an Italian painter and member of the

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movement. His brother

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, was also a painter of some note.

Biography

He was born to a wealthy family. His first studies were at the Accademia d'Arte di Pisa with Annibale Mariani (1840-1891), followed by the

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, under Antonio Ciseri and

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. He initially painted historical scenes. His depiction of

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, dispatching the Spanish Ambassador (1868), was first exhibited in Florence, and awarded a prize at an exhibition in Pistoia. In the early 1870s, he came under the influence of the Macchiaioli; especially

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and

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. He spent a considerable amount time painting and sketching in the Pisan countryside. During this time, he also began to exhibit regularly; throughout Italy and in Paris. While in Paris, he also came under the influence of the

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. His wife, Matilde, was the daughter of the statesman, Ferdinando Bartolommei. Their villa in

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became a cultural gathering point. In 1888, Francesco was named a Professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna and, the following year, in Florence. In the 1890s, his works brightened and took on a nostalgic character. He also began exhibiting outside Europe; in Buenos Aires (1913), San Francisco, and Melbourne (both 1915). His largest showing was at the

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of 1914.

He is best known for rural scenes of grape harvesting. Among his paintings are ''Goldoni visits Rousseau'' (1869); ''dal Sola alle Renaiole'', ''dalle Macchiaiole di San Rossore alla Vendemmia allegra''; ''l'Autunno'', and ''la Vendemmia'' (1885); ''il Tempo di Vendemmia'' (1886); ''il Ritornando dalla vendemmia'' (1889); ''nel Vendemmia allegra'' (1908). In 1872 he painted ''l'Acqua''; a year later he painted ''La Portatrice d'acqua'', depicting a young female water porter in the countryside. He also painted ''la Gioventù'' (1891), in ''Tuscan Peasant'' (1892), ''Tramonto a Castiglioncello''; ''Sera di luna'', ''Pesca a sciabica'', ''Venditrice di arselle'', and ''Renaioli''. In 1909 he presented at Venice: ''Florentine Harmonies'', four

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of Florence.Biography
by Almerigo Ribera @ Pillole d'Arte.

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