Background
Gordigiani was the son of a famous Florentine musician, he first studied at the Academy in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli. Then Luigi Norcini and Silvestro Lega, but also labored in the studios of Luigi Mussini and Adolph Sturler.
Gordigiani was the son of a famous Florentine musician, he first studied at the Academy in Florence under Giuseppe Bezzuoli. Then Luigi Norcini and Silvestro Lega, but also labored in the studios of Luigi Mussini and Adolph Sturler.
He painted a portrait of the Piedmontese painter, Ludovico Raymond, who also spent time at the Caffè. In 1867 in London, he painted portraits of Queen Victoria, and her consort, Prince Albert. In London, he participated at the exhibition of the Royal Society of Arts.
Due to his friendship with Mussini, he was part of the commission for the triennial contest for painting at the Sienese institute of Artist
He also painted costume genre subjects, as well as mythology, and small landscapes. His genre scenes did not prove commercially successful.
In 1896 he sent works to the Florentine Exhibition of Art and Flowers, and at the Second Venice Biennale, and in 1909 moved to America, where he continued to work as a portrait artist. Among his pupils were Fosco Tricca, Francesca Magliani, Pompeo Massani, and Alfredo Müller.