Raffaello Gambogi

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Raffaello Gambogi (1874 in Livorno – 1943) was an Italian painter, mainly of urban landscapes and genre scenes.

Biography

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In 1891 Gambogi obtained a scholarship to the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence, where he studied under Giovanni Fattori. Among his works, L’uscita della messa was awarded the Florence Prize in 1896, All’ombra displayed at the Fine Arts Exposition adjacent to the Festa dell’Arte e dei Fiori in Florence. In 1898 Gambogi sent Cantire to the National Exposition of Fine Arts at Turin. An example of his work, La veduta sul porto di Livorno, is not a classically beautified vedute, but reminds the viewer that Livorno was a modern port city bustling with stevedores.{{cite web|url=http://www.fondazionecrtortona.it/index.php/raffaello-gambogi|title=biographical entry|publisher=Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Tortona|language=Italian}} Similarly, the painting The emigrants depicts a family at a bustling dockside (Museo Giovanni Fattori, Livorno).[http://www.comune.livorno.it/_livo/it/default/1766/Raffaello-Gambogi.html#!prettyPhoto Commune of Livorno] biography and images.

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His wife, Elin Danielson-Gambogi (3 September 1861 – 31 December 1919), was a prominent Finnish painter.{{cite news |last1=Tykkyläinen |first1=Mia |title=Radikaalista naiskuvaajasta sovinnaisten maisemakuvien tekijäksi |url=https://www.ts.fi/kulttuuri/1074209421 |access-date=6 August 2020 |work=Turun Sanomat |date=21 June 2007}} Their marriage became strained when Raffaello had an affair with Danielson's friend, Finnish painter Dora Wahlroos.{{cite web |title=Danielson-Gambogi Elin |url=https://vintti.yle.fi/yle.fi/sininenlaulu/yle.fi/teema/sininenlaulu/artikkeli.php-id=113.htm |website=Yle}}{{cite news |last1=Kuvaja |first1=Sini |title=Tunnetko tämän taiteen kultakauden mestarin Noormarkusta? Aikansa kapinallinen eli ja maalasi rohkeasti |url=https://www.satakunnankansa.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000007085605.html |access-date=16 May 2020 |work=Satakunnan Kansa |date=18 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222062015/http://www.satakunnankansa.fi/kulttuuri/tunnetko-taman-taiteen-kultakauden-mestarin-noormarkusta-aikansa-kapinallinen-eli-ja-maalasi-rohkeasti-14078114/ |archive-date=22 February 2017}} Although the affair ended quickly, it left a lasting mark on the Gambogis' relationship.{{Cite journal |last1=Wiljanen |first1=Anna-Maria |last2=Graham |first2=Fiona |date=2018-07-03 |title=The Various Roles of Women in the Artists' Colony of Önningeby |url=https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17561310.2017.1327271 |journal=Art in Translation |language=en |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=352–370 |doi=10.1080/17561310.2017.1327271 |s2cid=193125895 |issn=1756-1310|url-access=subscription }}