Eugenio Scomparini (1 September 1845 – 17 March 1913) was an Italian painter. He was born in

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, and initially took lessons there from the engraver Giovanni Moscotto at the School of Design. His mother, Maria Scomparini, had heralded from Venice. He moved with his friend Antonio Lonza to Venice. In 1863, using a stipend from the city of Trieste, he enrolled at the Accademia of Venice, where he trained with

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and Pompeo Molmenti. In 1873, he was nominated to the Arts council of the Museo Revoltella, which gave advice on the curation at the Museum. In 1874–77, Scomparini traveled to Rome. He taught from 1887 to 1911 at the industrial School of Trieste. he painted decorations for the Theaters of Trieste,

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, and

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, among others. and for the palazzo Artelli in Trieste. His style recalls Mariano Fortuny and

Hans Makart Hans Makart (28 May 1840 – 3 October 1884) was an Austrian academic history painter, designer and decorator. Makart was a prolific painter whose ideas significantly influenced the development of visual art in Austria-Hungary, Germany, and other ...

. Some his works can be seen in the Revoltella Civic Museum of Trieste.Rivista enciclopedica contemporanea
Editore Francesco Vallardi, Milan, (1913), entry by G Nicodemi, page 159. Among his pupils were Bruno Croatto, Ugo Flumiani, Piero Lucano, Ruggero Rovan, Marcello Dudovich,

Piero Marussig Pietro Marussig (16 May 1879 – 13 October 1937) was an Italian painter. Biography He was born in Trieste, Italy, and initially took lessons there from Eugenio Scomparini. He worked in Trieste from 1898 until 1918, and in Milan from 1919 un ...

, Argio Orell, Vito Timmel, Vittorio Bergagna, and Gino Parin. (Treviso) Eugenio Scomparini - La vestale antica - Musei civici - Santa Caterina.jpg, ''The ancient vestal'', 1877 (Treviso) Eugenio Scomparini - Portait of Margherita Gauthier - Museo Revoltella Trieste.jpg, ''Portrait of Marguerite Gauthier'', 1890 Scomparini-Prayer.jpg, In Prayer

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