Cesare Ciani

It wasn't until 1878, at the age of twenty-four, that he entered the Accademia di Bellr Arti, where he studied painting with Giuseppe Ciaranfi and Giovanni Fattori.

The latter was very influential in terms of Ciani's choice of subjects for his works; portraits and landscapes with figures.

In 1888, he presented his painting "The Widow" at the Circolo degli Artisti and, the following year, it received honorable mention at the Exposition Universelle in Paris.

By the turn of the century his works had taken on a more urban quality, reminiscent of Lovis Corinth, with a focus on workers.

Two years after his death, the art critic, Mario Tinti, and the painter, Llewelyn Lloyd, organized a major retrospective, with over 180 of his works.