Carlo Felice Biscarra (March 26, 1823 – July 31, 1894) was an Italian painter and art critic. Meeting with Garibaldi by Carlo-Felice Biscarra

Arresto di Silvio Pellico e Piero Maroncelli - Carlo Felice Biscarra

Born in Turin, Carlo Felice initially trained with his father,

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, who was director of the

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. Carlo Felice received a pension from the Queen to study in Florence and Rome. In 1850, his first canvas ''

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harangues the People of Rome'' was displayed and much admired at an exhibition at Castello del Valentino. Other works include ''

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before the Tribunal of the Inquisition''; the ''Brothers Zuccato, Mosaicists (and tutors of

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, in a Venetian Jail''; ''Fanfulla addresses the armies in defense of Florence''; ''

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in Barbary draws his captors''; ''

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discovers the secrets of oil painting''; ''recato in Italia da Antonello di Messina''; ''

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learns how to engrave with burin''; '' Youth of

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''; ''The infancy of Lodovico Muratori''; ''

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che dalle carceri di Murano s'avvia allo Spielberg''; ''

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in Jail''; ''Loves of the Angels''; ''Medoro''; ''Graziella''; ''Desdemona''; ''Clarino''; ''The old street of Cenisio Capo Noli''; and ''Pesca ai polipi''. He traveled through Europe, and in Paris worked with the painter

Ary Scheffer Ary Scheffer (10 February 179515 June 1858) was a Dutch-French Romantic painter. He was known mostly for his works based on literature, with paintings based on the works of Dante, Goethe, and Lord Byron, as well as religious subjects. He was als ...

. In 1860 under Massimo d'Azeglio, he became secretary of the

. He also helped found the ''Circolo degli Artisti di Torino'', a painters' association. He collaborated with Luigi Rocca to publish the magazine ''L'Arte in Italia'' for five years till 1873. Biscarra translated a course of industrial and artistic design by G. Schreiber, and published on the history of the Academy and of the main works in the Royal Pinacoteca of Turin. He sponsored photography of the archeologic sites of the Piedmont. BISCARRA, Carlo Felice
in Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani - Volume 10 (1968) by Paolo Venturoli. He died in Turin in 1894.

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