Fabio Fabbi

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Fabio Fabbi (18 July 1861, Bologna - 24 September 1946, Casalecchio di Reno) was an Italian Orientalist painter and illustrator.

Life and work

He studied painting and sculpture with

He exhibited at the "Società promotrice di belle arti " (Society for the Promotion of the Fine Arts) in Turin, and at the "Mostre di belle arti" in Milan. In 1892, he was named a Knight in the Order of the Crown of Italy.

His major works include a Sacred Heart for the Chiesa di Sant'Antonio Abate [it] (1902), and medals commemorating the sixth centenary of the birth of Petrarch (1904).

In addition to his paintings, he illustrated the works of

• 
  Algerian Woman
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  Dancing in the Harem Courtyard
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  Oriental Dance
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  The Turkish Rose

Sources

• Ulrich Thieme, Felix Becker, Hans Vollmer: Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol.11 E. A. Seemann, 1915 pgs.146-147 Online
• Caroline Juler, Les orientalistes de l'école italienne, ACR Edition, 1996 pgs.68-71
  ISBN 978-2-86770-076-7 Online
• Angelo De Gubernatis, Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, Le Monnier, pgs.189-190 Online

External links

Media related to Fabio Fabbi at Wikimedia Commons

• More works by Fabbi @ ArtNet

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