Alberto Pisa (March 19, 1864 – 1936) was an Italian painter, often painting ruins, landscapes, and garden views in bright watercolor.

Early life and education

He was born in

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and initially studied there with Gaetano Domenichini. He later studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Florence.

Career

His first work was a ''Church Interior'', displayed at the Promotrice. In 1887, he sent to the Exposition of Venice, the canvases depicting the ''Church of

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'', and the

genre painting Genre painting (or petit genre) is the painting of genre art, which depicts aspects of everyday life by portraying ordinary people engaged in common activities. One common definition of a genre scene is that it shows figures to whom no identity ca ...

''Donne e Madonne''. In 1888 at Bologna, he exhibited: ''Tempo ladro'' and ''Fra i polli''. In 1889 at the Florence Promotrice, he displayed the oil canvas, ''Le lavandaie'' and a pastel, ''Il fiammiferaio''. At the Pisani Gallery of Florence, he exhibited watercolor and pastel works. He also painted portraits in Ferrara. He completed illustrations for books and journals, and completed a number of watercolors depicting

vedute A ''veduta'' (; : ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre of landscape originated ...

of Rome, Pompeii, and Florence. The British collections include two local views: ''Westminster Bridge'' at Lancaster City Museums, and ''Hampstead Heath'' at Sheffield Museum..

Books Illustrated by Pisa

''Rome''.
Painted by Alberto Pisa, text by M. A. R. Tuker and Hope Malleson. A. and C. Black, London, 1905.
''Pompeii''.
Painted by Alberto Pisa, and described by William Munro Mackenzie. London, 1910.
''Sicily''.
Painted by Alberto Pisa, and described by S.C. Musson. London, 1911.
''The Cities of Umbria''
.With illustrations by A. Pisa, and text by Edward Hutton. New York, Second Edition, 1906. (full access) *''The Cloister and the Hearth'', by Charles Reade, with 12 illustrations in color by Alberto Pisa, E. T. Compton. and others. *''The Last Days of Pompeii'', by Edward Bulwer-Lytton, with 12 illustrations in color by Alberto Pisa.

Gallery

Ornamental pool in Villa Borghese by Alberto Pisa (1905).jpg, Alberto Pisa – ''Ornamental pool in Villa Borghese'' (

1905 As the second year of the massive Russo-Japanese War begins, more than 100,000 die in the largest world battles of that era, and the war chaos leads to the 1905 Russian Revolution against Nicholas II of Russia (Shostakovich's 11th Symphony i ...

) Acqua Claudia by Alberto Pisa (1905).jpg, Alberto Pisa – ''Acqua Claudia'' (1905) Steps of Church of Santi Domenico e Sisto by Alberto Pisa (1905).jpg, Alberto Pisa – ''Steps of Church of Santi Domenico e Sisto''

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* 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1864 births 1936 deaths Italian vedutisti Painters from Tuscany Painters from Ferrara Italian watercolourists 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub