Rodolfo Morgari (

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, 1827 – Turin 1909) was an Italian painter, primarily of

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and historical scenes.

Biography

Rodolfo was born to a family of painters. Rodolfo's son was Pietro Morgari (1852-1885). His brother was Paolo Emilio Morgari (1815-1882). Rodolfo's father was Giuseppe Morgari (1788-1847). Paolo Emilio had three children:

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(1857-1935) and Beatrice (1858-1936), both painters, and Oddino (1865-1944), a journalist and politician. He studied at the

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at Turin, and was associated with the institution most of his life. He fought in the

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in 1848. He was a professor of Ornamentation at the Accademia, and part of the Turin Circolo degli Artisti. Among his works: ''Consolatrix afflictorum'' ; ''The Guardian Angel'' and ''Death of Raphael''. In 1884 at Turin, he exhibited ''Episode after 1883 earthquake at Casamicciola'' and ''The Aurora of July 29, 1883''. In 1887 at Venice, he displayed: ''Tre sorelle''. He also made many portraits. He was made a knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy. He was commissioned to do the restoration (1869) of the

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. Along with his son Pietro and Tommaso Juglaris, he worked on the fresco decoration of the parish church of Castelnuovo d’Asti (

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). Rodolfo also painted many conventional altarpieces for churches in Piedmont, for example: a ''Jesus at Gesthemane'' and ''Resurrection'' (1906) for the parish church of

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; the ceilings of San Carlo in Turin; and also altarpiece for a church in

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website, biography by Stella 244.

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