Alfredo Luxoro

Alfredo Luxoro (1859–1918)[1] was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes, genre, and orientalist themes.

Alfredo Luxoro
Il porto, [The Port] painting by Alfred Luxoro, 1914
Born1859
Genoa, Italy
Died1918
NationalityItalian
Known forPainter, teacher
MovementOrientalist

Biography

Born in Genoa, he was the son of Tammar, a professor of landscape painting at the Academy of Fine Arts (Accademia Ligustica) of Genoa. He was influenced by the painters of the School of Rivara. He displayed one of his first works, Al mare, at the Florentine Mostra of 1877, the next year at the Genoese Promotrice, Fra gli scogli di Quinto.[2] In 1889 at Turin, he exhibited Le sue marine and A prua e A poppa. In 1881 at Milan, he exhibited Nettuno, a seascape; and a half-figure of a man titled Cipollaro. In 1883 in Rome, he exhibited Alla marina; and in 1884 at Turin, a painting titled Grigio. He also painted Spes, a genre work of melancholy depicting a woman sitting by the seashore. At the same exhibition he displayed another canvas titled Ship Light.[3] He also painted portraits including that of the painter Niccolo Barabino.[4] He painted frescoes in the parish church of Carcare, and for the Chamber of Commerce and the Prefecture of Genoa. In 1899, upon the death of his father, he assumed direction of the teaching of landscape painting at the Accademia Ligustica.[5]

In 1905, after long delays, the Chiossone Museum of Oriental Art was opened in Genoa by Alfredo, and Pica presented it to public on the magazine Emporium.[6]

See also

References
  1. Alfredo#top| Dates from Galleria d'Arte Moderno Milan Archived 2014-01-10 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. Istituto Matteucci biography.
  3. Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 264.
  4. Portrait of Barabino is found in Genova Nervi, Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna
  5. Istituto Matteuci biography
  6. Abstract: Vittorio Pica e la critica sull’arte giapponese in Italia by Motoaki, Ishii
  • Franco Dioli, Repertorio illustrato dei pittori, degli scultori e dei ceramisti liguri tra '800 e '900 a cura di IDAL800900 Istituto Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento, De Ferrari Editore, Genova, 2014 (ad vocem)
  • www.pittoriliguri.info per notizie e quotazioni a cura di IDAL800900 Istituto Documentazione Arte Ligure dell'Ottocento e Novecento
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