Vittorio Bolaffio

Vittorio Bolaffio (3 June 1883 – 26 December 1931) was an Italian painter.

Biography Bolaffio was born in Gorizia on 3 June 1883, to Amodeo (or Amadio) and Pia Gentilomo. His father owned arable land, and traded in wines; his family was of Jewish origin, of comfortable economic conditions. Having spent his early years mainly in Palmanova, Bolaffio was initially trained in Trieste, studying under Giovanni Cossar and Italico Brass: it was his teachers who advised him to continue his education in Florence and to turn to Giovanni Fattori.