Achille D’Orsi
Achille D'Orsi (6 August 1845 – 8 February 1929) was an Italian sculptor from Naples. Like his Neapolitan contemporary, Vincenzo Gemito, he worked in the Verismo style of Realism.
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Achille D’Orsi
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- Name
- Achille D'Orsi
- Birth Name
- 6 August 1845
- Birthplace
- Naples, Italy
- Field
- sculpture
- Training
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli Tito Angelini
- Movement
- Verismo
- Died
- 8 February 1929
- Place of death
- Naples
- Born
- 1845 · Naples.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Education
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
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Achille D'Orsi (6 August 1845 – 8 February 1929) was an Italian sculptor from Naples. Like his Neapolitan contemporary, Vincenzo Gemito, he worked in the Verismo style of Realism.
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• Name — Achille D'Orsi • Birth Name — 6 August 1845 • Birthplace — Naples, Italy • Field — sculpture • Training — Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli Tito Angelini • Movement — Verismo • Died — 8 February 1929 • Place of death — Naples
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1845
Achille D’Orsi was born on 6 August 1845.
1929
Achille D’Orsi died on 8 February 1929.
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- 1.Orsi, Achille d'. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- 2.Maria Mimita Lamberti. D’Orsi, Achille. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- 3.Luciana Soravia (1992). D'Orsi, Achille (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 41. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed January 2016.
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Formation and teaching. D’Orsi studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. D’Orsi worked at Naples. D’Orsi worked at Rome. Recorded as having studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli.
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