Telemaco Signorini

(Italian, 1835 - 1901)

Telemaco Signorini & nbsp; was a painter and engraver originally from Florence. He was born in 1835 from a family already involved in the world of art as his father, Giovanni Signorini, was a highly esteemed painter in the service of the Grand Duke of Tuscany Leopold II. Under the guidance of his father he enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts but & nbsp; he soon appears to suffer from the conventional rigidity of the academic environment. He leaves the Academy and devotes himself to painting en plein air together with Odoardo Borrani and Vincenzo Cabianca. The artist traveled extensively between Venice, the Cinque Terre and Paris. In the latter city he came into contact with Impressionist painting and its main exponents, such as Degas, Manet, and Monet, & nbsp; by which it is strongly influenced. He & nbsp; adheres to the Macchiaioli group that is formed around the Caffè Michelangelo in Florence. His painting stands out for a quick and synthetic stroke and for the renunciation of drawing. & Nbsp;

Signed lower right with monogram and on the back in full. Stamp Gallery "La Botteguccia" Florence