Napoleone Boni
Napoleone Boni (1863 in Massa Carrara – 1927 in Castelfiorentino, near Florence) was an Italian painter.
He first studied in the studio of Amos Cassioli in Florence, then worked in the Parisian studio of Carolus-Duran. He often painted subjects in oriental garb. In the 1887 National Exposition of Venice, he displayed an Odalisque. In 1889 in Florence, he exhibited Il Maglio. He also painted historical subjects such as Evangelista Torricelli invents the Barometer (Brera Academy, Milan).[1][2]
References[]
- ^ Short Biography from Istituto Matteucci.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 66.
Categories:
- 1863 births
- 1927 deaths
- People from Carrara
- 19th-century Italian painters
- Italian male painters
- 20th-century Italian painters
- Painters from Tuscany
- Italian painter, 19th-century birth stubs