Edoardo Raimondi

Edoardo Raimondi (Parma, July 26, 1837 - Reggio, April 12, 1919) was an Italian painter, known for landscapes and genre subjects.

Biography

He was the son of the painter Carlo Raimondi, and a resident of Reggio, in Emilia. He either trained or was strongly influenced by Antonio Fontanesi, and exhibited frequently in Turin in the 1880s.[1]

At the 1872 Mostra in Milan, he exhibited a studio "dal vero" depicting: Il viatico nei dintorni di Parma: and I mandriani. In 1877 at Naples, he exhibited Rivierschi del Po fuggenti dall' inondazione del Decembre 1872 and Le raccoglitrici di cicoria. In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited: Capraio; Giovane porcaro, and Le rive del Po. In 1883 at Rome, he displayed: Un mattino d'Ottobre sulle rive del Po and In attesa del treno. In 1884 at Turin, he exhibited paintings depicting scenes of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, and a canvas depicting Fisherman in the Lago di Bieva (Lake Biwa in Japan. In 1886 at the Mostra of Livorno, he exhibited: Bandiera nera in vedetta, (Scene in the War of Tonkin), and Vecchio parco. Other works include Entrata del toro a la vara; Ricordi di San Rossore; Passaggio lombardo, Pianura, and Boscaglia.[2] He completed the battle paintings: Ulani austriaci annientati dall’artiglieria italiana a Villafranca (Battle of Custoza (1866)) and Prince Amedeo ferito a Monte Croce, now found in the Pinacoteca Stuard of Parma.[3] In 1864, he also painted some orientalist canvases, including I Turcos a Robecchetto, La Quiete, and Costumi del Cairo.

References
  1. istitutomatteucci biography.
  2. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 402-403.
  3. Bioblioteche of Parma Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine, short biography.


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