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Emilio Camilio Leopoldo Tafani, 1885-1963

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Reference number
1996/5130
Name
Emilio Camilio Leopoldo Tafani
Born
1885
Collection
Object type
  • Person
Completeness
36%
  • Biography

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    Biography
    Emilio Tafani studied in Florence and Livorno under Professor G Micheli, and in 1903 was admitted to the Academy of Brera in Milan.

    Tafani was a chromo-lithographer with his own studios (ELT Studios). He has exhibited in Florence, Livorno, Milan, and Turin. He lived in London. (Riddell 1994)
    Education
    Florence, Italy,
    Livorno, Italy,
    Academy of Brera, Milan,
    Employment
    Designed posters for the Underground Group, 1915-1920
    Role
    Artist,