Artist Keywords

Alfredo Baruffi

Alfredo Baruffi (1873 - 1948) was active/lived in Italy.  Alfredo Baruffi is known for Fine art painting, book and magazine illustration, drawing.

Alfredo Baruffi (Bologna, Italy 1873 - Bologna, Italy 1948)

Although the Bolognese graphic artist Alfredo Baruffi was entirely self-taught as an artist, while maintaining a professional career as a bookkeeper at the Cassa di Risparmio di Bologna, he practiced as an artist in his spare time.

Sometimes using the pseudonym ‘Barfredo da Bologna,’ Baruffi, in the words on one scholar, ‘in a few years, working alternately at oils, watercolours, tempera and Indian-ink…[he] had produced, with extraordinary facility of invention, a most varied amount of work both in pure and applied art.’

He kept a small studio in the Palazzo Bentivoglio in Bologna, working mainly at night, after office hours. Some of his first works as an illustrator were for the Bolognese humorous magazines Italia ride and Bologna che dorme.

As early as 1901, one Italian art critic, writing for an English audience, had opined that, ‘A notable revival of the art of pen-drawing is to   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3276 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

.  askART's database currently holds 2 auction lots for Alfredo Baruffi (of which 1 auction records sold and 0 are upcoming at auction.)

Artist artworks for sale and wanted

.  There are 0 artworks for sale on our website by galleries and art dealers . There are 0 galleries and art dealers listing works of art by Alfredo Baruffi as either "Wanted" or "For Sale" .

Research resources

.  askART lists Alfredo Baruffi in 0 of its research Essays. Alfredo Baruffi has 0 artist signature examples available in our database.