Raffaello Gambogi - Artist Info

About Raffaello Gambogi

  • Biography

    When he was only 17, Raffaello Gambogi received a grant from Livorno that allowed him to go to Florence in 1892, where he attended both the Academy of Fine Arts and Giovanni Fattori's School for Drawing Nudes. In the same year, two of his pieces were accepted by the Fine Arts Society. He met Finnish artist, Elin Danielson, in the summer of 1896; after a year's engagement, the two were married in 1898, at which point they moved to Torre del Lago (in the province of Lucca). These first years of married life were happy and prolific for both members of the couple.

    Throughout their lives they were to form an artistic association, continuously working together and competing with each other. Elin ...

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