Background
Leopoldo Alinari was born in 1832 Italy (probably in Florence).
Leopoldo Alinari was born in 1832 Italy (probably in Florence).
The protégé of Giuseppe Bardi, a rich chalcog-rapher (copper and brass engraver) in Florence, Alinari founded a photographic society in 1854 along with his brothers. He became quite well known, receiving prizes and awards from expositions in Florence (1861), Vienna (1873), Pans (1878) and Milan (1881).
Alinari's main subject matter was the monuments and buildings of Florence, Tuscany, Rome and Naples.
PUBLICATIONS Catalogs: Gli Alinari fotografi a Firenze 1852-1920, W. Settimelli & F. Zevi, 1977 (Florence); Aspetti della fotografia toscana dell’ Ottocento, 1976 (Florence); Centenario della fondazione, 1955 (Florence); Le Tre Venezie, 1924 (Florence); Cataloghi delle edizioni librarie, 1922; Rome, 1912 (G. Barbèra: Florence); Catalogo, vols. 1-4, 1891-94 (Florence); Relazioni dei Giurati: Fotografia Esposizione 1883 (Milan); Industriale Italiana del 1881 in Milano, A Montagna, 1883; Elenco dei Premiati, 1878 (Rome); Esposizione Université di Parigi del 1878, 1878 (Rome); Esposizione Univ. di Vienna del 1873; Elenco degli Espositori Italiani, 1873 (Rome); Catalogo generale delle reproduzioni fotographiche, 1873 (G. Barbèra: Florence); La Esposizione Italiana del 1861, 1862 (Florence).
(1830-1891)
Leopoldo Alinari founded a photographic society in 1854 along with his brothers.
(1836-1891)
Leopoldo Alinari founded a photographic society in 1854 along with his brothers.
Leopoldo Alinari was the protégé of Giuseppe Bardi