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He (Cosenza, 1844 - Rome, 1927) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes and genre themes, both in oil and watercolor. ==Biography== He was born in Cosenza in Calabria, to a family of artists, his cousin was Rubens Santoro. His first training was with his father who had founded in Fuscaldo a studio called ''Lithography Calabra'' which mainly made copies of sacred works and portraits. By 1865, Francesco had moved to Naples at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts. He obtained a stipend from the Provincial Council of Cosenza to Study in Florence, and during 1864=1865 he travelled instead to England. In 1868, he obtains a stipend from the Academy in Naples to study in Rome. In 1885, he traveled again to Britain, and married a Scottish woman, returning to Rome to open a studio. He joins the Società degli Acquerellisti, created in 1875 by Ettore Roesler Franz, Nazareno Cipriani, Cesare Maccari, Vincenzo Cabianca, Pio Joris and other artists.〔(''Article about Francesco Raffaello Santoro'' ) in Il Quotidiano della Reppublica, by Tonio Sicoli, November 2010.〕 He lived much of his life in Rome. In Turin, in 1890, he displayed: ''Il Medico dell'anima'' and ''Momento d' ozio''. In Milan, in 1881, exhibits: ''Dopo il lavoro''; ''Ricordo d'Amalfi''; and ''Prima tappa''. At the 1883 Exposition of Fine Arts in Rome, he displayed ''Pascariello e compagnia bella''. At the same exposition a few years later, he displayed ''Il pane quotidiano'' and ''Non so ochiù bonu!''. At the 1887 Venetian Mostra Artistica of Fine Arts, he displayed: ''Dolce far niente''. Finally, in 1888 in Bologna: ''Ricordo delle montagne di Carrara''.〔( ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’ ), by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 450.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francesco Raffaello Santoro」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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