Orfeo Orfei
Orfeo Orfei (Massa Lombarda, 1836 - Bologna, 1915) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre working class subjects, at work or play, often in situations with touch of irony. • Illustration — A Political Cobbler (1873)
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Orfeo Orfei
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- 1836 · Ravenna.
- Died
- 1915 · Bologna.
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- Kingdom of Italy
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He was a resident of Bologna. Among his works are Il pittore di ventagli and L' ombrellaio. In 1888 at Bologna, he exhibited La conciliazione. He helped restore the frescoes of the Rocca Malatestiana in Cesena.
Orfeo Orfei - A Political Cobbler - 145-1977 - Saint Louis Art Museum
Orfeo Orfei
I frati sarti, quadro di Orfeo Orfei (xilografia).
Autore: Orfeo Orfei - Incisore: Ambrogio Centenari · L’illustrazione popolare, Fratelli Treves Editori - Milano, 1884.
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1836
Orfeo Orfei born at Ravenna.
1915
Orfeo Orfei died at Bologna.
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- 1.A Political Cobbler is at the St Louis Museum of Art.
- 2.De Gubernatis, Angelo. Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti. Tipi dei successori Le Monnier. 337. 1889.
- 3.Pittura e miniatura a Napoli nel secolo XIV. By Adalbert Erbach-Fürstenau,1905, page 52.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Renzo Grandi. Dall'Accademia al vero. La pittura a Bologna prima e dopo l'Unità d'Italia. Grafis. 198–199. 1983.
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