Mosè Bianchi (1840–1904) was an Italian painter and printmaker.

Biography

Bianchi was born in Monza. His family moved to

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and he enrolled at the

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. Having interrupted his studies to serve in the second war of independence, he returned to attend the school of painting directed by Giuseppe Bertini. The award of a grant in 1867 enabled him to visit

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and then

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in 1869. He took part with some success at the Brera exhibitions and the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. It was in this period that he began to paint genre scenes in 18th-century settings and numerous portraits, soon becoming one of the artists most in demand with the Milanese middle classes. He returned to Venice in 1879 and visited

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for the first time. Both places were to be featured also in later years in a series of intense views exhibited at exhibitions in Milan and Venice alongside genre scenes, views of Milan and landscapes of the countryside around Gignese. Among his main works were a ''Monaca di Monza'' and a ''Milton'' exhibited in 1877 in Naples. In 1878, he exhibited in Paris a portrait of his father, a portrait of Signora Ponti, and ''I Chierici in Processione (Clerics in Procession)''. In 1881 in Milan, he exhibited: ''Burrasca nel Golfo di Venice''; in 1884 in Turin, he exhibited : ''Canale di

''; in 1887 Venice, he exhibited five canvases: ''Mascherata Chioggiotta''; ''Laguna in burrasca''; ''Chioggia'' ; ''Parola di Dio'', and ''Vaporino di Chioggia''.''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 56-57.

Art

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Works

*''Gondola sul canale'', oil on canvas, Carrara Academy, Bergamo. *Una vittima del secolo XVII, 1863, Museo Civico, Brescia, *Deposition, 1887 Cappella Visconti, Cimitère, Carnisio, *The pittrice, 1974; Carrobbio, Museo Frugone, Nervi, Genoa, *Frescoes, 1887 Villa Giovanelli, Lonigo, *The sagra della vigilia, 1864; The lettrice, 1867; I fratelli al campo, 1867; The benedizione delle box, 1870 Interno rustico, Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan, *Salotto Azzurro; Flora, 1885 Palazzo Turati, Milan, *Deposition, 1899, Cimitero Monumentale, Cappella Frova, Milan *Frescos, Saletta Reale, Stazione Centrale, Milan *Cleopatra, 1865; Portrait of Orsola Rebecchi, 1875 Portrait of Luigi Galbiati, 1876; Traversata, 1885 Una nevicata a Milano, v.1885; Il ritorno dalla sagra, 1887; Pescatori has Chioggia, 1890; The Lavandaie 1894; Sad ritorno 1897; Notturno, v. 1898 Reminiscenze milanesi del 1848 1898 Busto di giovane donna, 1898 - 1899, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan, *Portrait of Giulia Lucini Colombani, 1894 Ospedale Maggiore, Milan *Crucifixion, 1881 Diocesan Museum, Milan, *Cavalcando; Pecore al ruscello; Scena rustic; Flora; Monache al lido; Donna col bambino al seno; Paolo and Francesca, Pinacoteca Ambrosiana, Milan *Portrait of Giacinta Galimberti, 1861; Portrait of Simonetta Galimberti; 1861 Signora di Monza, 1865; Ritratto of uomo, 1875 The sorelle 1887, Museo Civico, Monza *Una strada di Verona, Museo di Capodimonte, Naples *Resurrection, 1874 Studio di testa, 1880; The paurose, 1881; Parola di Dio, 1887; Vaporino has Chioggia; Bosco nel Parco di Monza, 1895 Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, *The comunione di S. Luigi Gonzaga, 1864 Church S. Maria Nascente and S. Carlo, Sant'Albino, *It pittore Londonio, 1866; The lover Egidio, 1867; La Monaca di Monza, 1867 Galleria d'arte moderna, Turin *''The bufera'', tempera on cardboard, Museo Revoltella, Trieste *''Crucifixion' (1879), parish church S. Antonio Abate, Valmadrera, *Ritratto di signora v. 1898, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona, *Santuario della Beata Vergine dei Miracoli, Corbetta, *Portrait of Simonetta Galimberti (1861) *Portrait of Giacinta Galimberti (1861) *Dopo il duello, (1866) *In Monza Cathedral, (1872) *Ritratto maschile, (1875) *Portrait of Giuseppe Antonio Fossati (1875) *La storia (1877) *Stemma sabaudo it Genio di Savoia (1883-1884) *The spesa del Curato, (1885)

References

* Laura Casone
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