Giovanni Colmo (1867–1947) was an

Italian Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

painter, active mainly as a landscape painter. Giovanni was born in

Turin Turin ( , ; ; , then ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. The city is main ...

; he first studied engineering but gravitated to painting without a formal education. He was an older brother of

Eugenio Colmo Eugenio Colmo, known by the pseudonym Golia (1885–1967) was an Italian people, Italian cartoonist, caricaturist and watercolor painter. Giovanni was born in Turin to a father who worked for the railroad offices. He was the younger brother of ...

, known as ''Golia'', a noted cartoonist, caricaturist and watercolorist. Giovanni lived for many years in

Garessio Garessio is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Cuneo in the Italy, Italian region Piedmont, located about south of Turin and about southeast of Cuneo. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). ...

.Tourism guide to Garessio
He was part of the outdoor school of landscape painters called the ''School of Rivara''. This latter group painted outdoors on scene, and were interested in capturing seasons, times, and weather. Among his colleagues in painting mainly the Piedmontese alpine valleys were Anselmo Sacerdote,

Vittorio Cavalleri Vittorio Cavalleri or Cavalieri (16 February 1860 – 1938) was an Italian painter. He mainly painted outdoor genre scenes. Cavalleri was born in Turin. In 1878, he enrolled in the Accademia Albertina, where he studied under Enrico Gamba, A ...

and Carlo Pollonera.

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