Goffredo Sommavilla

Goffredo Sommavilla (Belluno, Italia,[1] 21 July 1850 – Montevideo, 21 October 1944) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre themes.

Goffredo Sommavilla
Longing
Born
Goffredo Sommavilla

21 July 1850
Belluno, Italy
Died21 October 1944, (aged 94)
Montevideo, Uruguay
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting

He was born in Belluno, studied in 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 till 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
  1. Scarone, Arturo (1937). Uruguayos contemporáneos. Barreiro y Ramos. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  2. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 487.
  3. Short Biography from Museo "Agustín Araújo" about Uruguayan painters.
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