Antonio Berti (painter)
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Antonio Berti | |
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 Antonio Berti in 1906 | |
| Born | 20 September 1830 Faenza, Italy |
| Died | 14 July 1912 (aged 81) Faenza, Italy |
| Education | Academy of Fine Arts, Florence (1852-1857) |
| Known for | painter |
| Movement | Orientalist, Romanticism |
Antonio Berti (Faenza, 20 September 1830 – Faenza, 14 July 1912) was an Italian painter, mainly portraits, landscapes, and romantic scenes.
The son of Giacinto Berti, Antonio was born in Faenza on 20 September. 1830. As a boy and a young man, he studied in the local school of design and painting with the engraver Giuseppe Marri (1788–1852), architect Pietro Tomba (1774–1846), and painter Achille Farina.[1] With the help of local patrons, in 1852 he traveled to Florence for five years to study at the Academy of Fine Arts under Ciseri, Pollastrini, and Ussi. He was a minor collaborator in the completion of the Ussi's large canvas of The Expulsion of the Duke of Athens.[2]
He returned to Faenza, and in 1864 became a teacher at the Scuola Comunale di Disegno, which he transformed into a School of Arts and Crafts. In 1906, he was named director. He also wrote a number of essays on painting on ceramics.[3] He died in Faenza in 1912.
