Mara Corradini (1880 - 1964)

Mara Corradini

Margherita known as Mara Corradini was an Italian painter and illustrator. Daughter of an industrialist, she studied in Naples, Munich, at the Académie Julian in Paris, in Berlin as a pupil of Martin Brandenburg and then of Henry Luyten at the Institute of Fine Arts in Brasschaat. She obtained the Great Bronze Medal at the 34th International Exhibition of Fine Arts in Naples, as well as in 1912, a 1st class honorary diploma and a gold medal at the Academy of Weimar. In 1924, she won a new honorary diploma at the International Exhibition of Women's Portraits and in 1927 at the International Exhibition in Bordeaux. His paintings Dutch Landscapes and Low Tide were purchased by King Victor-Emmanuel III.