Orazio Toschi

Arc of Titus - Etching by Orazio Toschi - 1950s

1950s

Orazio Toschi was born in Lugo, Emilia-Romagna, in the province of Ravenna, on December 27, 1887. In Faenza, he attended the school of drawing and plastic of Maestro A. Berti and at the same time at the Gymnasium. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts Ravenna. After various transfers throughout Italy, he settled permanently in Florence in 1938, where he was part of the Florentine Academy of Art, founded by Michelangelo. He reveals his artistic personality in the 1908 International Exhibition of Faenza obtaining the first prize and in his first solo show in Rome in 1918, where works are so decidedly avant-garde that in 1919 he was invited by Marinetti to the Futurist Exhibition in Milan. His artistic activity is widely documented by his participation in the main group exhibitions and by the numerous solo shows in Italy and abroad. His works have been purchased from the main museums throughout Italy and also abroad. Many of the major Italian critics of the 20th century wrote about him and he was an art writer and editorial collaborator himself. His death took place in Florence on 4th July 1972.