Giuseppe Lavini (27 April 1857 - 3 March 1928) was an Italian

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and

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. He was born in the

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, and a resident of

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. He exhibited at

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''Portico in Liguria'', and ''Studiosa''. He excelled in seascapes and landscapes including ''Un rio a Venezia''; ''Sul Po; Canal Grande'', which were exhibited at

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and Turin. In 1880 in Turin, he exhibited a genre painting titled: ''Le visite della padroncino''; in

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, in 1883, and Turin in 1884, he displayed a figure painting and a portrait. He had studied law, was knighted, and became secretary of the Albertina Academy of Fine Arts of Turin. He was also an

for the ''Gazzeta Piemontese''. He wrote a biography of one of his mentors,

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(1826-1889) In 1893 Giuseppe married Marie Toesca, by whom he had three children:

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(1894-1961), Celestina (1896-1977) and Adelina (1901-1990). His grandfather was Giuseppe Lavini senior (19 April 1776,

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- 1 January 1847, Turin), a professor of chemistry and pharmacy at the

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.Giulia Ajmone Marsan, ''All'ombra di notabili ed eroi. Giuseppe Lavini (1857-1928)'', Centro Studi Piemontesi, 2014, page 3.

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* Giulia Ajmone-Marsan, ''All’ombra di notabili ed eroi. Giuseppe Lavini (1857-1928)'',

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