Tito Conti (1842–1924) was an Italian painter, mainly of

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costume or historical subjects. Tito Conti - An Italian Beauty

Biography

He was born and lived in Florence, where he studied at the

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. He was resident professor at the Academic College of Fine Arts of Florence. Among his works are: ''La Presentazione''; ''Il quarto d'ora di Rabelais e La musica'' (1876); ''Il brindisi alla bettoliera''; ''L'addio''; ''Portrait of his wife''; ''Il sospetto''; ''Il Cantastorie''; ''Il Moschettiere''; and ''Per la passeggiata'' (1886, Florence). Among his pupils was Artuno Ricci. With regards to Conti, who he grouped in thematic to

Francesco Vinea Francesco Vinea (Forlì, August 10, 1845 - Florence, October 22, 1902) was an Italian painter, known for his period costume genre subjects. 300px He studied first at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, but had to discontinue his studies due t ...

and Edoardo Gelli, the contemporary American art collector

James Jackson Jarves James Jackson Jarves (1818–1888) was an American newspaper editor, and art critic who is remembered above all as the first American art collector to buy Italian primitives and Old Masters. Life and career Jarves was the editor of an early we ...

described him relative to the other two as showing "more refinement and higher artistic culture". While praising his "painting of tapestried backgrounds, ornate furniture, and elaborate details", he also disparaged the thematic, saying: "He paints too well for his subject. If his creative faculty were equal to his execution, he would be the first painter of his day."The New School of Italian Painting and Sculpture, by James Jackson Jarves, Harper's Monthly, Volume 60, Number 358; March 1880, page 486-487.

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* . Paintings by Conti in British public collections. 1842 births 1924 deaths Italian costume genre painters 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 20th-century Italian male artists Painters from Florence 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub