Gustavo Simoni

Gustavo Simoni (5 November 1845, in Rome – 10 May 1926, in Palestrina) was an Italian painter, watercolorist and art teacher.

beginning in 1877, he travelled extensively, visiting France, Spain and, especially, North Africa, where he made several lengthy stays in Morocco.

In the 1890s, he opened a studio in Paris and started a school for Orientalist painting in Rome.

When he returned there, he lived in farmhouse that had been renovated by his son-in-law, the architect Francesco La Grassa [it].

He had five children altogether, three of whom became painters: Paolo (1882-1960), Mario (1885-1953), who specialized in still-lifes, and Ettore (1895-?