Angelo Beccaria (May 1820 in

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– 1897) was an Italian landscape painter active in the

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. Since the age of 18, he trained in the

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under

Giovanni Battista Biscarra Giovanni Battista Biscarra or Jean-Baptiste Biscarra (February 22, 1790 – April 13, 1851) was an Italian painter, sculptor and lithographer. He principally painted History painting, historical and religious subjects and royal portraits.

. As a young man he had a bout of visual loss, but continued to paint; the malady convinced him to abandon figure painting. A mentor in landscape painting was Massimo d' Azeglio. He was a colleague of Carlo Piacenza and Edoardo Perotti, and would travel to the mountains to paint outdoors. He served as a tutor for the Royal Family, including princes Amedeo and Oddone, and princesses Clotilde and Maria Pia. One of his pupils was Giuseppe Camino. Among his works are ''Il mattino''; ''La vita rustica''; ''Passeggiata nel parco''; ''Le Fienaiole di Val Sesia''; ''Il approssimarsi del temporale''; ''Il Guado''; ''Il Crepuscolo''; ''Betulle''; and a number of watercolors. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 42.

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1820 births 1897 deaths Artists from the Kingdom of Sardinia Painters from Turin 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Accademia Albertina alumni 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub