Marchese Girolomo Nerli b. 1863

  • Artist (Painter)
Itinerant artist, son of an Italian Marquis and an English mother he was born in Siena, studied art in Florence and arrived in Melbourne in 1886. He helped introduce impressionism to Australia.
Name
Marchese Girolomo Nerli (Marchese means Marquis in Italian. Thus the Marchese mention here is probably a title rather than a name.)
Gender
Male
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
1863
Birth place
Siena, Italy
Death date
1926
Active Period
  • c.1892 - c.1898
Arrival
  • 1886 (to: Melbourne, VIC)
Residence
  • 1898 Western Australia
  • Italy
Training
  • Florence, Italy
Languages
  • English