Clelia Bompiani Explained

Clelia Bompiani-Battaglia (5 August 1848 in Rome – 23 February 1927 in Rome) was an Italian painter.^[1]

She was a pupil of her father, Roberto Bompiani, and of the professors in the Accademia di San Luca.^[2] She was an accomplished watercolorist.^[3]

The following paintings in watercolor established her reputation as an artist: Confidential Communication ((1885); the Fortune-Teller (1887); A Public Copyist (1888); and The Wooing (1888).^[4]

Along with Alceste Campriani, Ada Negri, Juana Romani, and Erminia de Sanctis, Bompiani is named as one of Italy's best modern painters.^[5]

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1. Book: Malerwerke des neunzehnten Jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur Kunstgeschichte. Aagaard - Heideck . 1895 . de.
2. Book: La vita italiana rivista illustrata . 1896 . it.
3. Book: Allgemeine Kunstchronik: ill. Zeitschr. für Kunst, Kunstgewerbe, Musik, Theater u. Litteratur . 1888 . de.
4. Book: Waters, Clara Erskine Clement. Women in the Fine Arts: From the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.. Public domain. 1904. Houghton, Mifflin. 47.
5. Book: Cronau, Rudolf. Woman Triumphant: The Story of Her Struggles for Freedom, Education, and Political Rights. Dedicated to All Noble-minded Women by an Appreciative Member of the Other Sex. Public domain. 1919. R. Cronau. 237–.