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1849 Versilla, Italy - 1923 Florence, Italy. Known for: Classical realist portrait and townscape painting, marble sculpture, teaching.
Filadelfo Simi (February 11, 1849 in Versilia – January 5, 1923 in Florence) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Versilia in Tuscany, and resided in Florence. He first attended the... Read full biography
Filadelfo Simi (February 11, 1849 in Versilia – January 5, 1923 in Florence) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Versilia in Tuscany, and resided in Florence. He first attended the School of Fine Arts at Seravezza, but then from 1869 to 1873 attended the Academy of Fine Arts of... Read full biography
Filadelfo Simi (February 11, 1849 in Versilia – January 5, 1923 in Florence) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Versilia in Tuscany, and resided in Florence. He first attended the School of Fine Arts at Seravezza, but then from 1869 to 1873 attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. One patron during these years was the engineer Angiolo Vegni. At the 1873 Promotrice, he exhibited a La giovinezza dell’Alfieri. From 1874 to 1878, he lived mainly in Paris, where he frequented... Read full biography
Filadelfo Simi (February 11, 1849 in Versilia – January 5, 1923 in Florence) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Versilia in Tuscany, and resided in Florence. He first attended the School of Fine Arts at Seravezza, but then from 1869 to 1873 attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. One patron during these years was the engineer Angiolo Vegni. At the 1873 Promotrice, he exhibited a La giovinezza dell’Alfieri. From 1874 to 1878, he lived mainly in Paris, where he frequented the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme. During 1876, he traveled through Spain with the painter Alden Weir. In 1878, at the Exposition Artistique of the Paris Salon, he exhibited a Forest of Fontainebleau. He also painted the realistic Portrait of Old Lady,... Read full biography
Filadelfo Simi (February 11, 1849 in Versilia – January 5, 1923 in Florence) was an Italian painter and sculptor. He was born in Versilia in Tuscany, and resided in Florence. He first attended the School of Fine Arts at Seravezza, but then from 1869 to 1873 attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. One patron during these years was the engineer Angiolo Vegni. At the 1873 Promotrice, he exhibited a La giovinezza dell’Alfieri. From 1874 to 1878, he lived mainly in Paris, where he frequented the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme. During 1876, he traveled through Spain with the painter Alden Weir. In 1878, at the Exposition Artistique of the Paris Salon, he exhibited a Forest of Fontainebleau. He also painted the realistic Portrait of Old Lady, now found in the Galleria d’Arte Moderna in the Palazzo Pitti. He returned to Italy and participat... Read full biography
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Filadelfo Simi (February 11, 1849 in Versilia – January 5, 1923 in Florence) was an Italian painter and sculptor.
He was born in Versilia in Tuscany, and resided in Florence. He first attended the School of Fine Arts at Seravezza, but then from 1869 to 1873 attended the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence. One patron during these years was the engineer Angiolo Vegni.
At the 1873 Promotrice, he exhibited a La giovinezza dell’Alfieri. From 1874 to 1878, he lived mainly in Paris, where he frequented the studio of Jean-Léon Gérôme. During 1876, he traveled through Spain with the painter Alden Weir.
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