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Antonietta Raphael Mafai BIOGRAPHY
1900 - 1975. Known for: Painting and sculpture.
After the death of her father Simon, a rabbi, she moved with her mother from her native Lithuania to London. Here she attended the British Museum, met (perhaps) Zadkine and Epstein, but above all she... Read full biography
After the death of her father Simon, a rabbi, she moved with her mother from her native Lithuania to London. Here she attended the British Museum, met (perhaps) Zadkine and Epstein, but above all she studied music. She graduated in piano from the Royal Academy and opened a solfeggio school in the... Read full biography
After the death of her father Simon, a rabbi, she moved with her mother from her native Lithuania to London. Here she attended the British Museum, met (perhaps) Zadkine and Epstein, but above all she studied music. She graduated in piano from the Royal Academy and opened a solfeggio school in the East End. After the death of her mother in 1919, she spent a period in Paris and, in 1924, she arrived in Rome. In 1925 she attended courses at the Academy of Fine Arts and began to paint. She joins... Read full biography
After the death of her father Simon, a rabbi, she moved with her mother from her native Lithuania to London. Here she attended the British Museum, met (perhaps) Zadkine and Epstein, but above all she studied music. She graduated in piano from the Royal Academy and opened a solfeggio school in the East End. After the death of her mother in 1919, she spent a period in Paris and, in 1924, she arrived in Rome. In 1925 she attended courses at the Academy of Fine Arts and began to paint. She joins Mario Mafai, with whom she will have three daughters: Miriam (1926), Simona (1928) and Giulia (1930). In 1926, with Mafai, she moved to the house-studio in via Cavour, also frequented by Scipione and Mazzacurati. She made her debut in 1929 at the I... Read full biography
After the death of her father Simon, a rabbi, she moved with her mother from her native Lithuania to London. Here she attended the British Museum, met (perhaps) Zadkine and Epstein, but above all she studied music. She graduated in piano from the Royal Academy and opened a solfeggio school in the East End. After the death of her mother in 1919, she spent a period in Paris and, in 1924, she arrived in Rome. In 1925 she attended courses at the Academy of Fine Arts and began to paint. She joins Mario Mafai, with whom she will have three daughters: Miriam (1926), Simona (1928) and Giulia (1930). In 1926, with Mafai, she moved to the house-studio in via Cavour, also frequented by Scipione and Mazzacurati. She made her debut in 1929 at the I Sindacale del Lazio, and is reported by Roberto Longhi. In the same year she is present with eighteen paintings in a collective of eight artists... Read full biography
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After the death of her father Simon, a rabbi, she moved with her mother from her native Lithuania to London. Here she attended the British Museum, met (perhaps) Zadkine and Epstein, but above all she studied music. She graduated in piano from the Royal Academy and opened a solfeggio school in the East End. After the death of her mother in 1919, she spent a period in Paris and, in 1924, she arrived in Rome. In 1925 she attended courses at the Academy of Fine Arts and began to paint. She joins Mario Mafai, with whom she will have three daughters: Miriam (1926), Simona (1928) and Giulia (1930). In 1926, with Mafai, she moved to the house-studio in via Cavour, also frequented by Scipione and Mazzacurati. She made her debut in 1929 at thV.Martinelli, Antonietta Raphaël, Rome 1960; Raphael, catalog of the exhibition edited by A. Menzio, Ivrea 1960; Raphael, living language sculpture, exhibition catalog edited by M. Fagiolo, E.Coen, Rome 1978; ; Antonietta Raphael sculptures, exhibition catalog edited by F. D'Amico; Gardens and ghettos. The Art of Jewish Life in Italy, exhibition catalog edited by V.MannT, New York 1989; Italian art, attendance 1900-1945, exhibition catalog edited by P. Hulten, G. Celant, Venice 1989; Antonietta Raphaël, exhibition catalog edited by F. D'Amico, Modena 1991; F. D'Amico, Antonietta Raphaël, in Nine Masters of the Roman school, Turin 1992; I Mafai - Parallel Lives, catalog of the exhibition by M. Fagiolo, biographical summary by F.R. Morelli,, Antonietta Raphael sculptures and painting 1933-1968, cat. exhibition, Paolo Baldacci Gallery, New York 1995....But wait, there's more...
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