Carlo Stratta (1852 - 1936) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born and resident in Turin. Starting in 1869, he trained under

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at the Accademia Albertina. He also later received a degree in Engineering, which he never practiced. He moved to Paris from 1875 to 1884, working under Thomas Couture until 1879. In that year, he exhibited in the Salon of Paris. He also sojourned for six months that year in

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; this would provide him with models for painting the then-called ''orientalist'' subjects. In 1882 at the Salon of Paris, he exhibited ''La Scena del Carnovale Populare''. He displayed ''Prima di cominciare'' at Turin, in 1880. The work ''Baccanale'' was exhibited at the 1883 Exposition of Fine Arts in Rome. At the Mostra of Fine Arts in Turin, he displayed: ''L'École buissonìère''; ''Head of a Nubian''; and ''Bacchanal''. He was a colleague of Alberto Falchetti and Ambrogio Raffele ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 499.

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1852 births 1936 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Turin Accademia Albertina alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub