Carlo Ademollo

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Carlo Ademollo (9 October 1824 – 15 July 1911) was an Italian painter, best known for his scenes from the

Biography

He was born in

During the Second Italian War of Independence, he followed the army at his own expense and maintained an extensive correspondence with those involved, requesting details to help him create his paintings. He also participated in the Third Italian War of Independence, receiving the rank of Adjutant to the commander of the National Guard of Florence. Later, the King designated him the official painter of the Italian Army.^[1] In 1869, he was named a corresponding professor at his alma mater, the Accademia.

Ademollo died in Florence in 1911. Many of his letters and other personal items were donated to the "Istituto per la storia del Risorgimento italiano [it]" by his nephew Umberto. The Instituto also possesses one of Ademollo's last works, a posthumous portrait of Adelaide Cairoli [it].

Selected paintings

• 
  The Parting
• 
  The Artist at Work (1857–1858)
• 
  The Slaughter of Giuditta Tavani Arquati
  and Her Family (1880)

References

Further reading

• Telemaco Signorini, A proposito del quadro del sig. Ademollo, in Gazzettino delle Arti del Disegno, Vol.I, #1, June 1867

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carlo Ademollo.

• ArtNet: More works by Ademollo.
• An appreciation of Ademollo @ the Istituto Matteucci.