Orfeo Tamburi (1910–1994) was an

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painter and scenic designer. Artgate Fondazione Cariplo - Tamburi Orfeo, Tetti a Parigi

Biography

He was born in

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, and graduated from the local Istituto Tecnico in 1926. He was awarded in 1928 a stipend to study in Rome, at the

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, where he met

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and

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. He soon moved to Paris, where he was influenced by Cezanne. He remained in Paris during World War II. He was active as a scenic designer. In 1941 he designed figures and scenography for the ''La sacra rappresentazione di Abrham e Isaac'' by

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. After the war, he travelled extensively in Europe. In 1951, he participated as an actor in the segment of ''L’invidia'' of a picture titled ''The Seven Deadly Sins'' by

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. In the 1960s, he travelled to the United States, and gained a commission to photograph some American cities for the journal ''Fortune''. In 1964, he donated many of his works to the Pinacoteca Civica di Jesi. The town established a prize dedicated to his mother. In 1971, he was awarded a gold medal for Merite for the Culture by the Italian president, and in 1975, a Premio Internazionale “Città Eterna” in Roma. He died in Ermont in 1994.Fichier_des_personnes_décédées
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamburi Orfeo 1910 births 1994 deaths People from Iesi 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Italian scenic designers 20th-century Italian male artists