Napoleone Boni

Napoleone Boni (1863 – 1927) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in Massa Carrara and died in Castelfiorentino near Florence. He first studied in the studio of Amos Cassioli in Florence, then worked in the Parisian studio of Carolus-Duran. He often painted subjects in oriental garb. In the 1887 National Exposition of Venice, he displayed an Odalisque. In 1889 in Florence, he exhibited Il Maglio. He also painted historical subjects such as Evangelista Torricelli invents the Barometer (Brera Academy, Milan).[1][2]

References

  1. ↑ Short Biography from Istituto Matteucci.
  2. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 66.
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