Carlo Balestrini (March 24, 1868 – February 10, 1922) was an Italian painter. [1] His best-known works are Impressionist landscapes with animals, especially horses. [2]
Biography
Born to a wealthy family in Albese near Milan, Carlo Balestrino studied at the Brera Academy under Giuseppe Bertini.
Among his works are: Cavallanti di ritorno; Paesaggio (1900, Milan mostra dell’Ottocento Lombardo); Abel (symbolist work which gained the premio Gavazzi prize at the 1897 Triennale of Milan); [3] Portrait of Emilia Rizzi vedova Daccò; [4] La calata della neve (1905, Biennale of Venice); Impressione invernale - Darsena di Milano (1906, National Exposition of Milan); Il “Porto di Milano” - Effetto di neve (1914, Biennale of Venice); Le slitte (1908, Brera); Stalla di vacche alla fattoria (1910, National Exposition of Milan). [5] Balestrini also painted for the parish church of Santo Redentore and San Francesco of Cortenuova. [6]
The author Erminia Mimma Viganò has published a novel titled Note nell’aria, whose protagonist's life intersects with that of the painter. [7]
References
- ^ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 181.
- ^ Online museum of the artistic patrimony of the Hospital of Varese Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, short biography.
- ^ Lombardia Beni Culturali Painting of Abel, now at Museum of Como.
- ^ "Online Museum of Hospital of Varese". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci short biography.
- ^ Article of Viganò novel.
- ^ Casate online article.
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Carlo Balestrini (March 24, 1868 – February 10, 1922) was an Italian painter. [1] His best-known works are Impressionist landscapes with animals, especially horses. [2]
Biography
Born to a wealthy family in Albese near Milan, Carlo Balestrino studied at the Brera Academy under Giuseppe Bertini.
Among his works are: Cavallanti di ritorno; Paesaggio (1900, Milan mostra dell’Ottocento Lombardo); Abel (symbolist work which gained the premio Gavazzi prize at the 1897 Triennale of Milan); [3] Portrait of Emilia Rizzi vedova Daccò; [4] La calata della neve (1905, Biennale of Venice); Impressione invernale - Darsena di Milano (1906, National Exposition of Milan); Il “Porto di Milano” - Effetto di neve (1914, Biennale of Venice); Le slitte (1908, Brera); Stalla di vacche alla fattoria (1910, National Exposition of Milan). [5] Balestrini also painted for the parish church of Santo Redentore and San Francesco of Cortenuova. [6]
The author Erminia Mimma Viganò has published a novel titled Note nell’aria, whose protagonist's life intersects with that of the painter. [7]
References
- ^ Garollo, Gottardo (1907). Ulrico Hoepli (ed.). Dizionario biografico universale. Editore Libraio della Real Casa, Milan. p. 181.
- ^ Online museum of the artistic patrimony of the Hospital of Varese Archived 2015-09-23 at the Wayback Machine, short biography.
- ^ Lombardia Beni Culturali Painting of Abel, now at Museum of Como.
- ^ "Online Museum of Hospital of Varese". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci short biography.
- ^ Article of Viganò novel.
- ^ Casate online article.
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