Alessandro Rontini

Alessandro Rontini (Florence, April 5, 1854 – 1933)[1] was an Italian painter, mainly indoor (scena intime) genre paintings, depicting children and women.[2]

He was a resident of Florence. His brother Augusto and his son Ferrucio (1893-1964) were also painters. In 1880 at Florence, he displayed: Il paracadute; and at the Exhibition of Turin, Innocent Love. Other works include Amore ingenuo e the disturbatore and Scherzi materni. At 1886 in Livorno, he displayed: In giardino; Amore ingenuo, and Head of bambina. At the 1887 Exposition in Venice, he displayed Primavera.[3]

References
  1. Commanducci biography in Fine Art Dealers Association Archived 2013-06-29 at archive.today, E. Benezit: cites 1850 as the year of his birth; while other authors valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo Novecento: l'analisi critica, storica ed economica, by Giuseppe Luigi Marini, page 742, cite 1854.
  2. Review of painting Primavera in L'Illustrazione popolare, Volume 26, page 247.
  3. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 429.


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