Ludovico Marchetti Naked Woman In The Workshop Large Oil On Canvas 1902 Italian Painter

Ludovico Marchetti (1853-1909) Beautiful and large oil on canvas representing a naked woman in the artist's studio. Signature lower left "L Marchetti" and dated "1902". dimensions: with frame: 118 x 98 cm of the canvas: 100 x 81 cm Ludovico Marchetti was born in Rome on May 10, 1853. Son of the engraver Augustus, he successfully attended painting lessons at the Accademia di San Luca. He first specialized in historical and sacred subjects, then tackled themes inspired by contemporary literature after having known the Spanish painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal of which he became a student. In 1875, he exhibited at the Paris Salon the painting "After the fight". The success obtained by the work creates in him the desire to settle in the French capital; which he did three years later in 1878. In Paris, he signed a contract with the powerful art dealer Adolphe Goupil. But that does not prevent him from collaborating with the New York gallery owner - of German origin - Michael Knoedler. From that moment, he dedicated himself to fashionable scenes, inspired by bourgeois life, characterized by a meticulous rendering, attentive in illustrating the smallest details. He also takes part in the annual exhibitions in Berlin and Münich. At the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1889, he presented three works with which he revealed himself as an artist endowed with great expressive liveliness. In 1897, he obtained the gold medal at the Paris Salon with the canvas "Cain" and officially inaugurated his watercolourist activity at the National Exhibition in Milan in 1906. He died in Paris on June 20, 1909. See on site the Italians in Paris.