Giovanni Squarcina (September 11, 1825 – 1891) was an Italian painter.

Biography

Squarcina was born in

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. During his youth, his natural inclination for painting, was challenged by his father, who intended his son to become a jeweller. At 17 years, his mother took him to

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, where he began studies at the

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from 1842 to 1848. He was sent to Rome on a government stipend. Returning to Venice he completes a massive (19 by 13 feet) canvas: ''The abjuration by

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before the Tribunal of the Inquisition''. This work, which took ten years to complete, and proved hard to sell. He also completed small paintings and portraits. His paintings were lauded at Expositions of Fine Arts at principal cities of Italy. At the 1881 Mostra of Fine Arts in Venice, he exhibits: ''Un villanella abbigliato da festa'' and a portrait of

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. In the same year at Milan: ''L'Orgia''. At the 1888 Exposition at Bologna, he exhibits: ''Parasole''.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 500-501.

References

1825 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Venice 19th-century Italian male artists Artists from the Austrian Empire {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub