Goffredo Sommavilla
Goffredo Sommavilla | |
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| Born | Goffredo Sommavilla 21 July 1850 |
| Died | 21 October 1944, (aged 94) Montevideo, Uruguay |
| Known for | Painting |
Goffredo Sommavilla (21 July 1850 – 21 October 1944) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre themes.
He was born in Belluno.[1] His artistic training was at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice. He often painted intimate family scenes, including: Le gramolatrici di canapa at the 1881 Fine Art Exposition, Milan; Flowers of Autumn at the 1881 Exposition of Fine Arts, Milan; La merenda and Le Lavandaie at the 1881, Exposition of Fine Arts, Milan; La predica della suocera and The Beverage Hour at the 1887, Exposition of Fine Arts, Milan; Il venditore di giornali and Casa nel monti della Carinò at the 1890 Mostra of Turin. He moved in 1882 to Montevideo, Uruguay, where he remained until his death.[2] He became a professor of painting in Montevideo, and among his contemporaries were Juan Manuel Blanes, Soneira, Diógenes Hequet, and Manuel Larravide.[3]
References
- ↑ Scarone, Arturo (1937). Uruguayos contemporáneos. Barreiro y Ramos. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
- ↑ ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 487.
- ↑ Short Biography from Museo "Agustín Araújo" about Uruguayan painters Archived 14 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine.
- 1850 births
- 1944 deaths
- People from Belluno
- 19th-century Italian painters
- 20th-century Italian painters
- Painters from Venice
- 19th-century Uruguayan painters
- 19th-century male artists
- Uruguayan male painters
- Italian genre painters
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni
- Italian emigrants to Uruguay
- 20th-century Uruguayan painters
- 19th-century Italian male painters
- 20th-century Italian male painters
- Italian painter, 1850s birth stubs