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Teodoro Wolf Ferrari, Venezia 1878 - San Zenone degli Ezzelini 1945 (Venice 1878 - San Zenone degli Ezzelini 1945) - Teodoro Wolf Ferrari was born in Venice on June 28, 1878, the son of German painter August Wolf and Venetian Emilia Ferrari. Raised in a family environment permeated by art, he developed a deep passion for painting from a young age. In 1892 he enrolled at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, where he studied under Guglielmo Ciardi, Pietro Fragiacomo and Millo Bortoluzzi, completing his studies in 1895 .In 1896 he moved to Munich, where he came into contact with the Die Scholle group, the Jugendstil movement and the Viennese Secession, which profoundly influenced his artistic training. During this period, he participated in numerous exhibitions in Germany and Austria, cementing his reputation as a landscape painter.In 1910, Wolf Ferrari presented a solo exhibition at Ca' Pesaro in Venice, which was later transferred to Stockholm in 1910 and to Hanover in 1912. In 1912 he founded the association "L'Aratro," inspired by his experience with the Die Scholle group, which was engaged in the creation of applied art works, including paintings, stained glass windows, ornaments, wall hangings and jewelry .Wolf Ferrari took an active part in Venetian artistic life, exhibiting at the Venice Biennale from 1912 to 1938 and taking part in the Roman Secession exhibitions in 1913 and 1915. In 1919 he was among the founders of the Young Artists Union of Venice. In 1924, on the commission of Victor Emmanuel III, he went to Libya, where he painted a series of 32 works with colonial subjects.In the following years, Wolf Ferrari devoted himself mainly to landscape painting, spending the rest of his life between Venice and San Zenone degli Ezzelini. He died on January 27, 1945, and was buried in the monumental cemetery of San Michele in Isola in Venice.