Francesco Gioli

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Francesco Gioli (San Frediano a Settimo, Pisa June 29, 1846 – Florence, February 4, 1922) was an Italian painter and member of the Macchiaioli movement.

Biography

He studied first in the Academy of Pisa, then in the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze, under Antonio Ciseri and Enrico Pollastrini. His painting of Carlo Emanuele di Savoia dispatches the Spanish Ambassador (1868), first exhibited in Florence, and awarded a prize at an exhibition in Pistoia in 1889, gave him recognition. His brother Luigi, was also a painter. In 1888, Francesco was named professor of the Academy of Arts in Bologna and Florence.^[1] Francesco was helped by his fellow painter Giovanni Fattori and Silvestro Lega.

References

Catalogo Illustrato: La Biennale de Venezia Volume 4 (Mostra Retrospettiva).. Stabilimento di Carlo Ferrari. 1901. p. 174.
Italian Wikiedia entry.

↑ Gioli, Francesco, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 55 (2001) by Giovanna Uzzani

Persondata
Name	Gioli, Francesco
Alternative names
Short description	Italian painter
Date of birth	1846
Place of birth	Pisa
Date of death	1922
Place of death	Florence

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