Aurelio Tiratelli (Italian 1842-1900)
Roman Campagna
Oil on canvas, signed and inscribed lower left "A. Tiratelli Roma"
Size in inches: 15.25 h x 29.1 w (with frame: 27 h x 41 w)
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Aurelio Tiratelli was born in Rome in 1842. He trained at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome in both painting and sculpture, and was originally recognized as a sculptor. He studied drawing under Tommaso Minardi, design and painting under Alessandro Capalti, and painting under Francesco Podesti. For sculpture he was apprenticed by both Giulio Tadolini and Pietro Tenerani.
Early in his career Tiratelli chose the direction of landscape painting and by the 1870’s was frequently visiting the Roman countryside. He painted in a studio on the Via Margutta in Rome which he shared with Pio Joris, a well regard painter in his own right who became Aurelio’s brother in-law. From the 1870 to his death in 1900, Tiratelli exhibited frequently, including internationally at the Paris salon in 1878, 1880 and 1886. The painting he exhibited at the Paris salon of 1886, Fight of Bulls, was purchased for the National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome. He exhibited at the 1889 Universal Exposition in Paris and he was knighted and an officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy. One of his most famous works A Cattle Herd at Ostia was acquired by King Vittorio Emanuele of Italy. Aurelio Tiratelli died at the height of his career in 1900 at the age of 58. His son, Cesare Tiratelli (Italian, 1864-1933), became a highly regarded landscape and genre painter in his own right.
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