Gustavo Simoni (1846-1926) was an Italian artist who specialized in subjects from the Islamic world.
He traveled in Spain, France, and Africa, and he opened up a school of Orientalist painting in Italy and had a studio in Paris.
G. Simoni Figura con cornamusa, 1889, oil on canvas
His younger brother Scipione and three of his five kids were also artists. He was one of the founders of the Society of Watercolorists of Rome.
He worked in both watercolor and oil.
Gustavo Simoni, Morra Players, 1894
In the game of Morra, "all players throw out a single hand, each showing zero to five fingers, and call out their guess at what the sum of all fingers shown will be. If one player guesses the sum, that player earns one point. The first player to reach three points wins the game."
Simoni, detail of Morra Players
The Halt of the Caravan by Gustavo Simoni, 1885, oil on canvas, 61 by 90 cm., 24 by 35 in.
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