Claudio Rinaldi (painter)

Claudio Rinaldi (Urbania,[1] 1852 - after 1909[2]) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre subjects.

Four Monks by Claudio Rinaldi

Biography

He was a resident of Florence. During 1874–1875, he was awarded a scholarship by the Institute of Fine Arts of Urbino to study at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.[3] In 1884 at Turin, he exhibited La pappa of the nonna and La stanchezza. The same year at the Promotrice of Florence, All' ombra; Carola reggimi e Una vecchia che si scalda. Other of Rinaldi's works are: a vecchia usuraia; L'amico dei gatti; La stanchezza vìnce la fame; La zittelìona; Il regalo del nonno; L'innocenza; and La mammo laboriosa.[4] One of the painters he mentored was Filippo Marfori Savini.

References
  1. Notice in Journal Il Raffaello (1879) Volume 11. page 108.
  2. Istituto Matteucci biography. Note: birthplace may be in error.
  3. History of the Institute of Fine Arts of Urbino.
  4. degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipografia dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 416.


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