Pompeo Fabri Biography
Pompeo Fabri (1874 - 1959), nephew of Onorato Carlandi, turned his interests towards painting from a young age. His first teacher was Giacomo Maes, an artist of Belgian origin who introduced him to the first rudiments of drawing. Tired of the teacher's overly academic vision, Pompeo Fabri became a pupil of his uncle, who included him among the founders of the XXV group of the Roman countryside. In the open air, in the countryside, the young Fabri experiments with live painting, in natural light, varying according to the hours of the day and the changing seasons. His participation in the General Exhibition of Turin in 1898 is documented; between the years 1901 and 1921 he exhibited with the Società Amatori e Cultori di Belle Arti of Rome, of which he was secretary for a period; in 1901 it was at the Italian Exhibition in Petersburg; in 1910 he exhibited 47 paintings in London, at the Ryder Gallery; in 1915 he was present at the exhibition of the Association of Roman watercolourists and in 1921 he sent his works to the Mostra del Grigio-verde, in Naples. Pompeo Fabri was secretary of the Provincial Commission for the defense of the landscape and obtained from the Ministry of Education the position of responsible for the restoration of the frescoes of Castel Sant'Angelo. He was a frequent visitor to the Ligurian Riviera and often stayed in Camogli. Sensitive to the effects of light, but without completely abandoning form, he painted, especially in watercolour, views of the Roman countryside.
