Fabio Fabbi
Illustration — Fabio Fabbi (1898) Fabio Fabbi (18 July 1861 – 24 September 1946) was an Italian Orientalist painter and illustrator.
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Fabio Fabbi

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- 1861 · Bologna.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- painter · medalist · illustrator
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Florence · Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna
- Languages
- Italian
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Illustration — Fabio Fabbi (1898) Fabio Fabbi (18 July 1861 – 24 September 1946) was an Italian Orientalist painter and illustrator.
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Life and work
Fabio Fabbi studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Florence and Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna. The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Bologna. Work by Fabio Fabbi is recorded in the collections of Museu Nacional de Belas Artes and Museo Ottocento Bologna.
Born in Bologna, he studied painting and sculpture with Augusto Rivalta, at the Academy of Fine Arts, Florence, where he would become a Professor in 1893. He exhibited at the Società promotrice di belle arti (Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts) in Turin, and at the Mostre di belle arti in Milan. In 1892, he was named a Knight in the Order of the Crown of Italy. His major works include a Sacred Heart for the Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate (Bologna) (1902), and medals commemorating the sixth centenary of the birth of Petrarch (1904). In addition to his paintings, he illustrated the works of Virgil and Lodovico Ariosto, as well as Italian translations of works by Louisa May Alcott, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne and Edgar Rice Burroughs, among many others. He died in 1946 in Casalecchio di Reno.
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Fabio Fabbi is recorded as painter, medalist and illustrator.

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1861
Fabio Fabbi born at Bologna.
1945
Fabio Fabbi died at Casalecchio di Reno.
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Bologna.
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Casalecchio di Reno.
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Selected paintings
• Illustration — Algerian Woman • Illustration — Dancing in the Harem Courtyard • Illustration — Oriental Dance • Illustration — The Turkish Rose
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- 1.Annamaria Bernucci.
- 2.Caroline Juler: Les orientalistes de l'école italienne, ACR Edition, 1996, S . 68-71.
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