Carlo Orsi

Carlo Orsi (Pavia – London, 1894[1]) was an Italian painter and sculptor.

Biography

He was a resident of Florence. In 1884 at the Exposition of Turin, he displayed: Ore calde; in 1887 at Venice: a painting on porcelain; in 1886 at Florence: Avanzi di un' antica villa presso Lastra a Signa; Vendemmiatrice; Il porto di Rapallo; Prime note. Finally at the 1889 Exhibition of Florence: Imitazione arazzo. In 1885 he painted: I polli del l'augure.[2] He also painted fresco murals at the church of the Consolata of Vigevano and the Palazzo Carignano of Turin. The Royal Academy of London has a portrait of John Addington Symonds, by Carlo Orsi.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Istituto Matteucci short biography.
  2. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, pages 337-338.
  3. ↑ Istituto Matteucci biography.
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