Orfeo Orfei (Massa Lombarda, 1836 - Bologna, 1915) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre working class subjects, at work or play, often in situations with touch of irony.

A Political Cobbler (1873)[1]

Biography

He was a resident of Bologna. Among his works are Il pittore di ventagli and L' ombrellaio. In 1888 at Bologna, he exhibited La conciliazione.[2] He helped restore the frescoes of the Rocca Malatestiana in Cesena.[3]

References

  1. ↑ A Political Cobbler is at the St Louis Museum of Art.
  2. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 337.
  3. ↑ Pittura e miniatura a Napoli nel secolo XIV. By Adalbert Erbach-Fürstenau,1905, page 52.

Bibliography

  • Renzo Grandi, ed. (1983). Dall'Accademia al vero. La pittura a Bologna prima e dopo l'Unità d'Italia (in Italian). Casalecchio di Reno: Grafis. pp. 198–199. ASIN B001GLE6F2.
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