Augusto Volpini

Augusto Volpini (1832 – 1911 or 1923^[1]) was an Italian painter of mainly genre paintings and portraits.

He was born in Livorno, and initially trained with the Livornese painter Giovanni Bartolena. Among his works are Varietà, Daydreaming child, and Il colpo di grazia. In 1886 at Livorno, he exhibited Una mosca simpatica. At the 1886 Promotrici of Florence, he exhibited Studio; in 1887, Odalisca; and in 1889, Povera madre! and a Portrait of Carlotta Cordarf.^[2] He became professor and curator of the local academy.^[3]

References

^ Dini, Piero; Fattori, Giovanni (1997). Giovanni Fattori: epistolario edito e inedito [Giovanni Fattori: Published And Unpublished Correspondence] (in Italian). Edizioni Il torchio. p. 482.
^ Gubernatis, Angelo De; Matini, Ugo (1889). Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti [Dictionary Of Italian Visual Artists: Painters, Sculptors And Architects] (in Italian). Tipi dei successori Le Monnier.
^ Catalogo della collezione d'arte e d'antichità [Catalog Of The Arts And Antiquities Collection] (in Italian). 1986.

External links

Volpini's works listed on MutualArt

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[1] Dini, Piero; Fattori, Giovanni (1997). Giovanni Fattori: epistolario edito e inedito [Giovanni Fattori: Published And Unpublished Correspondence] (in Italian). Edizioni Il torchio. p. 482.

[2] Gubernatis, Angelo De; Matini, Ugo (1889). Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti [Dictionary Of Italian Visual Artists: Painters, Sculptors And Architects] (in Italian). Tipi dei successori Le Monnier.

[3] Catalogo della collezione d'arte e d'antichità [Catalog Of The Arts And Antiquities Collection] (in Italian). 1986.

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