Augusto Bompiani (September 11, 1852 – May 9, 1930) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes including figures, in both oil and watercolors. He was born in Rome. His father,

Roberto Bompiani Roberto Bompiani (February 10, 1821 – January 19, 1908) was an Italian painter and sculptor. Bompiani was born in Rome. By the age of fifteen, he had enrolled at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, where in 1836 he shared a first prize with f ...

, was also a painter as was his sister

Clelia Bompiani Clelia Bompiani-Battaglia (5 August 1848 in Rome – 23 February 1927 in Rome) was an Italian painter. She was a pupil of her father, Roberto Bompiani, and of the professors in the Accademia di San Luca. She was an accomplished watercolorist. Th ...

. Augusto trained at the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its f ...

in Rome, and later became a teacher there. At the 1880 exposition of Turin, he submitted a painting titled ''Fra una messa''. At 1883 in the Exposition at Rome he displayed ''Intima e Due'', a

vedute A ''veduta'' ( Italian for "view"; plural ''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 the port of

Anzio Anzio (, also , ) is a town and '' comune'' on the coast of the Lazio region of Italy, about south of Rome. Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Is ...

. In 1883 at the Promotrice of Florence, he exhibited ''Due teste di Ciociara'' and ''L'arrivo''. At the 1885 Turin exhibition, he displayed a ''Studio di paese''. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 64. In 1904, he collaborated with

Onorato Carlandi Onorato Carlandi (15 May 1848, in Rome – 11 April 1939, in Rome) was an Italian painter, mainly of watercolors of Rome, the surrounding countryside and of Great Britain. He was married to the painter, Lina Haverty (?-1950), daughter of the Iri ...

, E. Ferrari, and

Alessandro Battaglia Alessandro is both a given name and a surname, the Italian form of the name Alexander. Notable people with the name include: People with the given name Alessandro * Alessandro Allori (1535–1607), Italian portrait painter * Alessandro Baric ...

in illustrating an album donated to the visiting president of France, Loubet. Augusto Bompiani died in Rome in 1930.

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