Welcome,
I was born in Paris into a family of painters, musicians and opera singers.
My grandfather was the famous portraitist Cesare BACCHI. He painted notably the portrait of the King of Italy, Vittorio EMMANUELE III, as well as many personalities of the time (musicians, actresses, ambassadors, French and foreign statesmen…).His works were exhibited for many years at the Salon des Artistes Français, Paris. He won the silver medal in 1910 with his Improvisation and the gold medal in 1938 for his Verlaine au café Procope, now exhibited at the Absinthe Museum, Auvers-sur-Oise.
My grandmother, Tanette OTIS-MÜLLER, was a virtuoso pianist (MOSKOWSKI was her teacher) and painter, listed in the BENEZIT, as is her husband.
She is a direct descendant of the OTIS family, Boston, among which number a series of great patriots, politicians and statesmen.
To name just six of her famous ancestors, one could cite James OTIS, one of the intellectual giants of the American Revolution and his sister, Mercy OTIS WARREN ; Samuel ALLYNE OTIS, congressman and 1st Secretary of the American Senate and his son, Harrison GRAY OTIS, the third mayor of Boston ; Elisha GRAVES OTIS, the inventor of the safety elevator and the famous American aviation pioneer and author, Amelia EARHART.
My father, Primo ROSIMIRO, is a first-rate Italian tenor, and my mother,
Evelyne OTIS-ROSIMIRO, a highly-talented classical painter and portraitist.
Floria, the Prima Donna of Paris Carnaval by Evelyne OTIS ROSIMIRO
I started with studies in pencil and charcoal. I worked for a while in pastel before devoting myself completely to oils, the technique for which I acquired by copying the paintings of the Old Masters.
Influenced by the Symbolist movement in painting, the Art Deco period, and more particularly by artists such as Gustav KLIMT, Fernand KHNOPFF and James TISSOT, the proud, slender Amazons which I delight in painting take their direct inspiration from contemporary fashion.
Highly sensitive to Japanese art, from which I learnt the importance of line and precision in the representation of colour and pattern on fabric, I attach the utmost importance to detail, and take meticulous pains to capture the precise nature of the texture and tissues I am painting.
To view my paintings, please visit my gallery.
The winter garden
Since 2008 I have been part of the Drouot Repertory of listed artists.
[...] to the point I have never really tried, so I naturally become extremely envious when some one like Floria Rosimiro comes along and creates exquisite paintings all from her own fair hands. This Parisian born artist [...]
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