Raffaele Tafuri

Raffaele Tafuri (1857-1929) was an Italian painter. He was born on January 27, 1857 in Salerno. He died in 1929 in Venice.^[1]

He completed his early studies in the family, then moved to Naples at the Institute of Fine Arts, in the city of Naples attended the study of sculptor Stanislao Lista.^[2] He is famous for his coastal landscapes.

He participated in the first Biennale of Art in Venice in 1895^[3] and in the editions of 1907, 1909, 1910, 1914.^[4]

Works in museums

• Collezione d'arte della SBAPPSAE of Salerno (Italy) with on deposit: Caffè Florian di Venezia (1910).
• Museo d'arte of Avellino (Italy) with Angolo di Pedavena (1910) and Tetti (1920).
• Museo nazionale della scienza e della tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci of Milano (Italy) Section Art Collection, with Ragazze al sole (1887).
• Pinacoteca Provinciale of Salerno (Italy) with: Le spannocchiatrici and Masaniello.

References

Bibliography

• (IT) BONATTI Cecilia (1975), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in MONTEVERDI Mario Storia della pittura italiana dell'Ottocento, Bramante Editrice, Milano 1975, vol.3, pag. 282.
• (IT) MARINI Giuseppe Luigi (1994), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in IDEM Il valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo novecento, edizione XI (1993/1994), Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 1994, pag. 452.
• (IT) MARINI Giuseppe Luigi (2002), “Raffaele Tafuri”, in IDEM Il valore dei dipinti italiani dell'Ottocento e del primo novecento, edizione XIX (2001/2002), Umberto Allemandi & C., Torino 2002, pag. 736.

External links

• Information (in Italian)