Federico Andreotti (6 March 1847 – 1930) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Andreotti was born in

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. He initially studied with

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, and at the Florentine Academy of Fine Arts. At a contest, he won a stipend and ultimately gained appointment as professor at the Academy. He was prolific as a painter of canvases at

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, and other cities. He painted realistic

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and aristocratic scenes, often in dress from the eighteenth centuries. The elaborate period dress and affected airs give his paintings, sometimes described as ''Rococo Revival'', a retardataire focus.''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 18. Among his works are: *''I Crapuloni'' *''The Tavern'' *''The Reconciliation'' *''The Music Teacher'' *''A chi dei due'' *''Una battuta de'aspetto'' *''Returning from the Fields '' *''Half-figure of Old Man'' *''The Grandfather'' *''Interrupted Dance'' *''Countryside Idyll'' *''The Love Letter'' Frescos by Andreotti also decorate the interior of the

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in Treviso.Lynn, Karyl Charna (2005)
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pp. 75–78. Scarecrow Press.

References

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Federigo Andreotti artworks (paintings, watercolours, drawings), biography, information and signatures
1847 births 1930 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Tuscany Italian costume genre painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub