Education
Ardy first studied in Geneva under Alexandre Calame, and painted mainly landscapes.
Ardy first studied in Geneva under Alexandre Calame, and painted mainly landscapes.
Later he became active in maiolica painting. He then settled in Rome. But in 1848 he enrolled in the Italian armies in the war of independence, fighting in the Battle of Cornuda.
He was awarded a medal of valor by the Roman Senate.
After the war, he moved to Turin. By 1870, he helped found a school of ceramic painting at the Albertina under the tutlage of Giuseppe Devers, After Devers died in 1883, Ardy became the professor of industrial arts at the Academy.
By 1866, he was a member of the Royal Albertina Academy in 1866 as inspector-economist.