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Emilio Donnini Tuscan Landscape, Oil on Canvas with Gilt Frame

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Tuscan landscape with bridge over a stream and peasant women Signed "E. Donnini", bottom right Gilded frame Oil on canvas, cm H83,5 x W60 Emilio Donnini (Florence, 1809 - Florence, 1886) was an Italian painter. There is no information regarding Donnini's pictorial training, whose documented activity, exercised in his Florentine studio in via del Maglio, began in 1843, the year in which he participated in the exhibition of the Florentine Promoter Society with View of a river with a bridge. Regular frequenter of the Caffè Michelangiolo, the meeting place of Macchiaioli painters, he regularly participates in the exhibitions organized by the Florentine Promoter Society of Fine Arts, starting from 1845 with Country of invention and View of a mill near Pisa and in 1847 with a series of views of Versilia. In the same year, his friend Antonio Puccinelli portrayed him in the Portrait of the painter Emilio Donnini: with the Pisan, Donnini shares patriotic and irredentist ideals and in all likelihood participates in the uprisings of 1848. In this period he approaches the Markò family, with whom he frequently moves between the Island of Elba, the Lazio and Tuscan countryside to paint landscapes en plein air, in the Macchiaioli way. In 1848 he painted Glimpses of Vicopisano, in 1849 he participated in the Promoter with a View of the Valdarno near Docciola, in 1850 with Marciana, View in the outlines of Seravezza and Marciana Marina. In 1852 he painted a marina for the walls of the Caffè Michelangiolo, in 1853 he participated in the Promoter with the Porto Lungone beach, Civitavecchia beach and Tramonto di sole sul mare. Starting from 1854 he is part of the artists of the Scuola di Staggia with the Markò, Serafino De Tivoli, Carlo Ademollo, Alessandro La Volpe, Lorenzo Gelati and Saverio Altamura and, in the same year, he was awarded by the Promoter for the Marina di Livorno paintings at the Ponte alla Sassara, Marina near Marciana with sun effect and View of a lake with sunset. In 1855 he participated in the Promotrice with Marina with boats, A road of Mugello near Vicchio, The furnaces of Prince Corsini in the Valdarno and Lo stradone del Gombo, in 1856 with Campagne Senesi, in 1857 with Paese del Mugello with bather, in 1858 he was awarded the Silver medal with A morning on the sea, where he also exhibits Country near Pisa, The mountains of Marciana, Rio beach, Longone beach, Marina along the beach of Marciana and Gulf of Pecchio. In 1859 he exhibited Fortino di Rio, a town near Arezzo, Marina near Marciana, Marina near Livorno, Rio beach past the Cavina and Marina, motif on the island of Elba. In 1860 he exhibited Marina di Rio, in 1861 Marina near Piombino ', in 1862 The furnaces of Principe Corsini in Valdarno, A sunset on the Serchio, Forte di Lerici', Marina near Rio, Suspension bridge at the Cascine in Florence, Beach of the sea at 'island of Elba, sea beach near Porto Venere, Marina near the island of Palmarola and the mountains of Marciana, in 1863 Fort of Lerici, View at the Alternia in Val d'Arno and the suspension bridge outside the gate of S. Frediano at the farmhouses in Florence. In 1864 he exhibited La bagnante at the Turin Promoter. View of Mugello, Town of Mugello and View of Elba Island (marina), in 1874 at the Genoa Promoter View of Florence from the Royal Boboli Gardens, Seaside Beach, Tomboloe Plain and the banks of the Arno. He died in Florence in 1886.
  • Creator:
    Emilio Donnini (Painter)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 32.88 in (83.5 cm)Width: 23.63 in (60 cm)Depth: 2.76 in (7 cm)
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  • Date of Manufacture:
    1860
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  • Seller Location:
    Prato, IT
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU5715223936012
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