Odoardo Borrani

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Odoardo Borrani (born August 22, 1833 in Pisa , † September 14, 1905 in Florence ) was an Italian painter who was associated with the Florentine realist group Macchiaioli .

biography

The Borrani family moved from Pisa to Florence in 1840, where Odoardo studied from 1853 at the Academy of Fine Arts under Gaetano Bianchi , Giuseppe Bezzuoli and Enrico Pollastrini . His first pictures were part of academic history painting . Borrani was awarded a gold medal for one of these works. Together with Telemaco Signorini , he voluntarily entered the Second War of Independence for the independence of Italy in 1859 . Borrani devoted himself more and more to realistic genre painting . With other painters of the realistic disposition he met with the Macchiaioli group around the Caffè Michelangiolo.

In 1862, together with Giuseppe Abbati , Silvestro Lega , Raffaello Sernesi and Telemaco Signorini, he formed an artist group active in the Piagentina area , which soon became known as the "School of Piagentina". In the same year he spent the summer in Castiglioncello for the first time as a guest of the critic Diego Martelli. In 1875, Borrani founded Silvestro Lega, a gallery of young artists that did not last long. Borrani taught at the Florentine Academy. In later years he earned his living painting ceramics for the porcelain factory in Doccia and supplying graphics for L'Illustrazione Italiana .

literature

  • Laura Casone, Odoardo Borrani , online catalog Artgate by Fondazione Cariplo, 2010.
  • Steingräber, E., & Matteucci, G. (1984). The Macchiaioli: Tuscan Painters of the Sunlight: March 14-April 20, 1984 . New York: Stair Sainty Matthiesen in association with Matthiesen, London.

Web links

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