Odoardo Borrani
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Odoardo Borrani was an Italian painter.
to Florence
, where Odoardo enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1853. It was with his new friends Telemaco Signorini
and Vincenzo Cabianca
that he took up painting from life and came into contact with the Macchiaioli group gravitating around the Caffè Michelangelo. He served as a volunteer in the second war of independence in 1859 and in 1862, together with Giuseppe Abbati
, Silvestro Lega
, Raffaello Sernesi and Signorini, went to work in the countryside outside Florence near Piagentina, the town from which this group of artists takes its name. It was also in 1862 that he first spent the summer at Castiglioncello, as the guest of the critic Diego Martelli. The gallery set up with Lega in 1875 to promote younger artists soon went out of business. He worked in later years as a teacher, ceramic decorator and graphic artist for L’Illustrazione Italiana.
Biography
The Borrani family moved from PisaPisa
Pisa is a city in Tuscany, Central Italy, on the right bank of the mouth of the River Arno on the Tyrrhenian Sea. It is the capital city of the Province of Pisa...
to Florence
Florence
Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area....
, where Odoardo enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in 1853. It was with his new friends Telemaco Signorini
Telemaco Signorini
Telemaco Signorini was an Italian artist who belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli.He was born in the Santa Croce quarter of Florence, and showed an early inclination toward the study of literature, but with the encouragement of his father, Giovanni Signorini, a court painter for the...
and Vincenzo Cabianca
Vincenzo Cabianca
Vincenzo Cabianca was an Italian artist of the Macchiaioli group.He was born in Verona. He began his artistic training at the Verona Academy, and then studied at the Venice Academy from 1845–47. During the 1850s Cabianca became acquainted with the artists who frequented the Caffè Michelangiolo in...
that he took up painting from life and came into contact with the Macchiaioli group gravitating around the Caffè Michelangelo. He served as a volunteer in the second war of independence in 1859 and in 1862, together with Giuseppe Abbati
Giuseppe Abbati
Giuseppe Abbati was an Italian artist who belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli.Abbati was born in Naples and received early training in painting from his brother Vincenzo. He participated in Garibaldi's 1860 campaign, suffering the loss of his right eye at the Battle of Capua...
, Silvestro Lega
Silvestro Lega
Silvestro Lega was an Italian realist painter. He was one of the leading artists of the Macchiaioli and was also involved with the Mazzini movement.-Biography:Lega was born in Modigliana, near Forlì, to an affluent family...
, Raffaello Sernesi and Signorini, went to work in the countryside outside Florence near Piagentina, the town from which this group of artists takes its name. It was also in 1862 that he first spent the summer at Castiglioncello, as the guest of the critic Diego Martelli. The gallery set up with Lega in 1875 to promote younger artists soon went out of business. He worked in later years as a teacher, ceramic decorator and graphic artist for L’Illustrazione Italiana.