Count Alberto Pappafava or Pappafava dei Carraresi (1832-1929) was an Italian painter, mainly of Romantic style landscapes, in watercolor and oil.

Biography

He depicted vistas of his extensive travels. Among his works are: ''Dintorni di Salisburgo''; ''Dintorni di Lecco''; ''Villagio in montagna''; ''Via alla Chiesa''; ''Altura''; and ''Paesaggio lombardo''. Among his paintings in

maiolica Maiolica is tin-glazed pottery decorated in colours on a white background. The most renowned Italian maiolica is from the Renaissance period. These works were known as ''istoriato'' wares ("painted with stories") when depicting historical and ...

are ''Interno di una casa''; ''Laguna''; ''Palude al tramonto'' and ''Sera''. He was named Honorary Academic of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Venice. In his family's ancient domain in Frassanelle, he decided to create a ''natural landscape'' park, complete with artificial grottoes.Parco colli Euganei
(Parks of the Euagnian Hills outside Padua). His son Francesco Papafava was an economist and political writer.

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Italian photographers 1832 births 1929 deaths Painters from Padua Italian landscape painters 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub