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Dictionary of Artists

To meet the requirement of scholars, art dealers, collectors or simple amateurs of having a quick and effective tool at their disposal to satisfy the various exigencies connected with the world of art, first of all the in-depth analysis of the work of painters, sculptors, engravers, photographers, etc., the "Dictionary of artists" puts itself up as an annotated list of names, sometimes accompanied, if marked by an asterisk, by a biography and by some signature examples.

Each artist is matched with a series of index cards regarding the works registered in the Data Bank of the Matteucci Institute, which can be issued on request.

The biographies are taken from the Dizionario degli artisti edited by Cristina Bonagura, integral part of the work Pittori & pittura dell'Ottocento italiano (1996-1997), coordinated by Giuliano Matteucci with the cooperation of Paul Nicholls and realized by the Redazioni Grandi Opere of the "Istituto Geografico De Agostini", to whom the Matteucci Institute expresses its sincere thanks for authorizing the circulation of the texts on line.

Protti Alfredo *

PROTTI ALFREDO
Bologna 1882 - 1949
Fu allievo di D. Ferri all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna, ma il carattere indipendente lo spinse ad allontanarsi presto dall’ambiente accademico. Si dedicò al quadro di figura, con preferenza per i soggetti femminili e per le scene d’interno di gusto liberty. Esordì all'Esposizione bolognese del 1906 e fu presente alle mostre di Roma (1909; 1910, Gattina, Malizia, Susetta), di Venezia (1909, Fioretta; 1910, Il piumino, Interno) e, all'estero, a quelle di Buenos Aires del 1910 (Sueños) e di San Francisco del 1915 (The Pearls).