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Gustavo Simoni BIOGRAPHY
1846 Rome - 1926 Palestrina. Known for: Figure, oriental genre painting.
Gustavo Simoni was a native of Rome who trained at the Accademia di San Luca and was a founding member of the Society of Watercolorists. From the late 1870s, he focused on North African subjects,... Read full biography
Gustavo Simoni was a native of Rome who trained at the Accademia di San Luca and was a founding member of the Society of Watercolorists. From the late 1870s, he focused on North African subjects, inspired by Moorish architecture of Andalusia. He traveled to Algeria and Morocco, spending extended... Read full biography
Gustavo Simoni was a native of Rome who trained at the Accademia di San Luca and was a founding member of the Society of Watercolorists. From the late 1870s, he focused on North African subjects, inspired by Moorish architecture of Andalusia. He traveled to Algeria and Morocco, spending extended periods in Tlemcen as a base for his expeditions through the Maghreb deserts and cities. He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1889 and counted King Umberto I among his patrons. Simoni was connected... Read full biography
Gustavo Simoni was a native of Rome who trained at the Accademia di San Luca and was a founding member of the Society of Watercolorists. From the late 1870s, he focused on North African subjects, inspired by Moorish architecture of Andalusia. He traveled to Algeria and Morocco, spending extended periods in Tlemcen as a base for his expeditions through the Maghreb deserts and cities. He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1889 and counted King Umberto I among his patrons. Simoni was connected to the French art scene and Orientalism, opening a studio in Paris and founding a school of Orientalist painting in Rome in the 1890s.... Read full biography
Gustavo Simoni was a native of Rome who trained at the Accademia di San Luca and was a founding member of the Society of Watercolorists. From the late 1870s, he focused on North African subjects, inspired by Moorish architecture of Andalusia. He traveled to Algeria and Morocco, spending extended periods in Tlemcen as a base for his expeditions through the Maghreb deserts and cities. He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1889 and counted King Umberto I among his patrons. Simoni was connected to the French art scene and Orientalism, opening a studio in Paris and founding a school of Orientalist painting in Rome in the 1890s.... Read full biography
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Biography from Hargesheimer Kunstauktionen Düsseldorf
Gustavo Simoni was a native of Rome who trained at the Accademia di San Luca and was a founding member of the Society of Watercolorists. From the late 1870s, he focused on North African subjects, inspired by Moorish architecture of Andalusia. He traveled to Algeria and Morocco, spending extended periods in Tlemcen as a base for his expeditions through the Maghreb deserts and cities. He won a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1889 and counted King Umberto I among his patrons. Simoni was connected to the French art scene and Orientalism, opening a studio in Paris and founding a school of Orientalist painting in Rome in the 1890s.
Biography from Auctionata
Gustavo Simoni (1846-1926) studied at the Accademia di San Luca under Querci Dario (1831-1918) and Francesco Podesti (1800-1895). He then worked in Italy, France and Spain. In Rome he was a member of the Italian Orientalists. He traveled extensively through Europe and North Africa. Here Simoni found the inspiration for his oriental motifs, which he rendered in finely executed watercolors.Biography from Sotheby's London, New Bond Street
Gustavo Simoni trained in Rome as a watercolourist. Simoni's Algerian subjects were met with great acclaim. He purchased a house in Tlemcen, and welcomed many of his fellow Italian artists there.