Vittorio Matteo Corcos
(Leghorn 1859 - Florence 1933)
Born in Leghorn on 4 October 1859, in the 1870's Corcos studied at
the "Accademia delle Belle Arti di Firenze" under Enrico Pollastrini.
Between 1878 and 1879 he was in Naples at Domenico Morelli's studio
whose work, rich in literary associations and formal ideas made a great
impression on him. A work that illustrates Morelli's influence, "Arabo
in preghiera" (The Praying Arab), dates from this period.
In 1880 Corcos moved to Paris where he signed a two-week contract
with the Goupil Art Gallery. From time to time he went to the studio of
Léon Bonnat, portrait painter to the Parisian upper middle class and he
successfully became part of elite art circles. For his own paintings he
chose fashionable themes: female portraits, scenes of modern life,
sophisticated interiors painted in vibrant colours and fluid
brushstrokes, works in the style of Boldini and De Nittis. Between 1881
and 1886, the year when he returned to Italy, he frequently exhibited at
the Salon.
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