Onorato Carlandi (15 May 1848, in

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– 11 April 1939, in Rome) was an Italian painter, mainly of watercolors of Rome, the surrounding countryside and of Great Britain. He was married to the painter, Lina Haverty (?-1950), daughter of the Irish historian and journalist, Martin Haverty.

Biography

His grandfather was

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, founder of the eponymous jewelry company. He was originally destined for a career as a lawyer, but went against his family's wishes and enrolled at the

Accademia di belle arti di Roma The Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma is a public tertiary academy of art in Rome, Italy. It was founded in the sixteenth century, but the present institution dates from the time of the unification of Italy and the capture of Rome by the Kingdom ...

. At eighteen, he briefly served as a volunteer with the Cacciatori delle Alpi of Giuseppe Garibaldi. After completing his education at the Accademia, he moved to

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to continue his training. When he returned to Rome, in 1871, he exhibited some paintings that had been inspired by the

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; depicting the (five brothers who helped to liberate Rome) and soldiers returning from the

Battle of Mentana The Battle of Mentana was fought on November 3, 1867, near the village of Mentana, located north-east of Rome (then in the Papal States, now modern Lazio), between French-papal troops and the Italian volunteers led by Giuseppe Garibaldi, who wer ...

. In 1875, he was one of the co-founders of the (watercolorists), together with

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, Pio Joris and Cesare Biseo. In 1880, he went to England, to study the English landscape artists. He lived in London until 1891, and became married to Selina Haverty; daughter of an Irish historian. When he returned to Rome, he participated in the activities of the artists' association, "". When this group dissolved, he and several others created "", a society devoted to

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painting and informal socializing. While there, he made friends with the Tuscan artist, Cesare Bertolla, and they made numerous trips to paint in the marshes of the

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. In 1908, he was initiated into the

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, "Rienzi".Vittorio Gnocchini, ''L'Italia dei Liberi Muratori'', Erasmo ed., Roma, 2005, p. 60. His works may be seen at the

Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna The ("national gallery of modern and contemporary art"), also known as La Galleria Nazionale, is an art gallery in Rome, Italy. It was founded in 1883 on the initiative of the then Minister Guido Baccelli and is dedicated to modern and contempor ...

, Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, the gallery of the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fi ...

, the

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and the

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Selected paintings

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, Kent File:Carlandi-StPeters.jpg, View of Rome, with St. Peter's

References

External links

More works by Carlandi
@ ArtNet
Portrait of Carlandi by his wife, Lina
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Biography

Selected paintings

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