Saturday, October 29, 2022

Teodoro Wolf-Ferrari (Italian, 1878–1945)

 
Venice (1935)

Oil on canvas, 33,2 x 36,8 cm

Teodoro Wolf-Ferrari (29 June 1878 – 27 January 1945) was an Italian painter, mainly depicting landscapes. He was born in Venice, the son of Augustus Wolf, a copyist of the works in the Art Gallery of Monaco. Teodoro studied until 1895 at the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice, where he studied with Guglielmo Ciardi and Pietro Fragiacomo. He returned to Monaco in 1896, where he was influenced by the symbolist Arnold Bocklin and he befriended Fritz Erler and Leo Piitz. He continued to exhibit in Monaco and Germany. In 1910, he had a personal exhibition in the Ca' Pesaro of Venice. He also exhibited at the Venice Biennale (since 1912) and Roman Secession (1913 and 1915). His later works depict mainly landscapes. He died in San Zenone degli Ezzelini. 


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