Andrea Tavernier

Andrea Tavernier (Turin, December 23, 1858 - Grottaferrata, 1932) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes and urban vedute.

Morning in Autumn, 1902, Gallerie d'Italia, Milan

Biography

He was a pupil of Andrea Gastaldi at the Accademia Albertina of Turin. He exhibited landscape Aurea Primaverili at the 1884 Promotrice of Turin. In 1888 at the same Promotrice, he exhibited Contrasti, reproduced in engraving for the catalogue by Carlo Chessa.[1] He traveled to Rome and along the Adriatic coast to find subjects for his paintings. He frequently exhibited at the Venice Biennale. The Biennale of 1922 displayed 36 of his works.[2][3]

References
  1. Pittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato della Esposizione Retrospettiva 1892., A. Stella, Stamperia Reale della ditta G.B. Paravia e Compagnia. Turin, 1893, page 575.
  2. Treccani Encyclopedia short biography.
  3. Galleria d'arte moderna Ricci-Oddi Archived 2013-12-27 at the Wayback Machine of Piacenza, short biographies of artists in collection.


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