Luisa Silei Explained

Luisa Silei
Birth Date:17 February 1825
Birth Place:Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany
Death Place:Rome, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Field:Painting

Luisa Silei (17 February 1825  - 5 February 1898)[1] was an Italian painter who mainly painted landscapes.

Life

Luisa was born and resided in Florence. She studied with Carlo Marko.[2] She exhibited in 1883, in Roma: Dawn is Near and A trip in Autumn. At the 1884 Turin Exhibition of Fine Arts, she exhibits: Il sorger della Luna. In this same time, at the Exposition of the Society of the Encouragement of Fine Arts of Florence: Flowers which in 1885, was re-exhibited at the same Exposition. She also participated in the 1882 Florentine Exhibition of Fine Arts. One of her master works is Reminiscenze del Lago d' Orbetello.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Silei, Luisa. 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00169471. 2011.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=n-ujfOEWcfcC Invisibile women. Forgotten artists of Florence.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’