Luigi Busi (May 7, 1837 – May 31, 1884) was an Italian painter born in

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Biography

Busi studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna, though by 1868, he is documented to be in Milan. He was named academic professor at the Bolognese Academy in 1871. In 1876, he was named honorary associate of the

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. His early training was in an environment characterized by Realist depictions. Busi painted many fresco commissions in Bologna, including the decoration of the Room contiguous to the Council Hall in the

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. Here he frescoed the ''Annexation of Emilia''. At the Collegio

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, where Busi himself at one time studied, he painted ''Last moments of

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'' (1862), for the municipal theater, he painted frescoes (1866) in collaboration with the painter

Luigi Samoggia Luigi Samoggia (1811 - 1904) was an Italian painter and restorer of paintings, active mainly in Bologna. He mainly painted fresco decoration for palaces, churches, and theaters. He worked in the Palazzo Malvezzi-Medici, Santi Gregorio e Siro, S ...

. He painted the altar frescoes depicting the ''Martyrdom of Saints Vitale and Agricola'' (1874) for the church of Sant Vitale and Agricola. Busi also painted in a chapel of the church of the Madonna del Soccorso and an ''Adoration of the Magi'' in the chapel of Villa Hercolani at Belpoggio. At

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, he decorated with frescoes the staircase of the Palazzo Pighini, and the dome of the Sanctuary of Piratello. In the latter work, he was assisted by

Alessandro Guardassoni Alessandro Guardassoni (13 December 1819 in Bologna – 1 March 1888 in Bologna) was an Italian painter. He mainly painted religious themes. He trained in the ''Accademia Pontificia di Belle Arti'' of Bologna, under Clemente Alberi. He collaborat ...

. Among his historical canvases are: ''Confession of Isabella Orsini'' (1866); ''Torquato Tasso and Cardinal

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at the Convent of

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(1867); and ''The last moments of

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''. Among his

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works are: ''Un'ora d'ozio in villa'', ''Una debolezza femminile'', ''Le gioie materne'' (1872), ''Il paggio e la duchessa'', ''Compiacenze materne'' (1875), '' La visita alla puerpera'', ''Le due madri'' (exhibited in Paris, 1878), ''Tutti hanno il loro nido'' , ''Il giorno onomastico di Bebé'', ''La Parisina'', and ''Conseguenze di un matrimonio celebrato col solo rito religioso'' (1875, Brera).‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 80. Busi died in Bologna in 1884.

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