Giuseppe Signorini
Giuseppe Signorini (1857–1932) was an Italian painter, mainly of orientalist subjects.[1]
Giuseppe Signorini | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1857 Rome |
| Died | 1932 |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Education | Accademia di San Luca |
| Known for | Painter |
| Movement | Orientalist |
Biography
He was born in Rome in 1857. He studied at the Accademia di San Luca, and then worked under Aurelio Tiratelli, who introduced him to the very best Italian artists of the period. He mastered the technique of watercolor very early in his career.[2]
He often traveled to the Paris Salon exhibitions, and was influenced by the styles and orientalist themes expressed by painters like Mariano Fortuny, Ernest Meissonier, and Gérôme. He traveled often to the Maghreb for inspiration, and developed a substantial collection of Islamic art and textiles. He also painted portraits in costume garb. He maintained studios in both Paris and Rome.[3]
He painted a design for an Arabic Man with Musket found at Art Museum of Princeton.[4] He painted in watercolor a costume drama depicting a Priest and Two Men Seated at a Table found at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[5]
See also
References
- Italian 19th Century Drawings & Watercolors: An Album, by Roberta jeanne Marie Olson (1976).
- Olson, R.J.M., Italian 19th Century Drawings & Watercolors: An Album : Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla, Shepard Gallery, 1976, n.p.
- The Orientalists, by Lynne Thornton, page 166.
- Princeton Museum collections.
- Met Museum collections.