Carlo Pittara (6 June 1835 – 25 October 1891) was an Italian painter who specialized in animals, pastoral landscapes, rivers and peasants at work. He was also the leader of what came to be known as the .

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He was born in

Turin Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) 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 ...

. He began his studies at the

Accademia Albertina The Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti ("Albertina Academy of Fine Arts") is an institution of higher education in Turin, Italy History In the first half of the seventeenth century, there was a "University of Painters, Sculptors and Architects" ...

, where he worked with the landscape painter

Giuseppe Camino Giuseppe Camino (1818-1890) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes and vedute. Biography A young man he painted an altarpiece for church of Rocciamelone depicting ''St Vincent of Paoli'' and a ''Via Crucis'' for the Convent of the Visitatio ...

. In 1856, he moved to

Geneva Geneva ( ; french: Genève ) frp, Genèva ; german: link=no, Genf ; it, Ginevra ; rm, Genevra is the List of cities in Switzerland, second-most populous city in Switzerland (after Zürich) and the most populous city of Romandy, the French-speaki ...

and studied with Charles Humbert (1813–1881), who specialized in animal paintings. From 1858 to 1860, he lived in Paris, where he became familiar with the works of Camille Corot and

Charles Jacque Charles-Émile Jacque (23 May 1813 – 7 May 1894) was a French painter of Pastoralism and engraver who was, with Jean-François Millet, part of the Barbizon School. He first learned to engrave maps when he spent seven years in the French Army. ...

. He also came under the influence of the

Barbizon school The Barbizon school of painters were part of an art movement towards Realism in art, which arose in the context of the dominant Romantic Movement of the time. The Barbizon school was active roughly from 1830 through 1870. It takes its name f ...

. After that, he spent three years in Rome. Later, he became the leader of a group of landscape painters who met during the summers near

Rivara Rivara is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Turin in the Canavese area of the Italian region of Piedmont, located about north of Turin. Rivara is first mentioned in a patent signed by the Holy Roman Emperor Henry II in 101 ...

, in the

Canavese Canavese ( French: ''Canavais''; Piedmontese: ''Canavèis'') is a subalpine geographical and historical area of North-West Italy which lies today within the Metropolitan City of Turin in Piedmont. Its main town is Ivrea and it is famous for its ca ...

, to paint " en plein aire".Biographical notes
@ the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna. This group consisted of artists who worked in both the Romantic and Realistic styles, including Ernesto Bertea, Alberto Issel,

Serafín Avendaño Serafín Xoaquín Avendaño Martínez (12 October 1838 – 23 August 1916) was a Galician landscape and genre painter who spent many years living in Italy. Biography Serafín Avendaño was born in Vigo. His father was a professor. When ...

Ernesto Rayper Ernesto Rayper (1 November 1840, Genoa - 5 August 1873, Stella) was an Italian painter and engraver. He was the founder of what came to be known as the (Gray School) of landscape painting and was associated with the Macchiaioli. Biography In 18 ...

and Federigo Pastoris: referred to as the "Scuola di Rivara". Some were also members of a group known as the "", centered in

Liguria Liguria (; lij, Ligûria ; french: Ligurie) is a Regions of Italy, region of north-western Italy; its Capital city, capital is Genoa. Its territory is crossed by the Alps and the Apennine Mountains, Apennines Mountain chain, mountain range and is ...

. During the last ten years of his life, he spent the winters in Paris, where his work began to take on

Impressionist Impressionism was a 19th-century art movement characterized by relatively small, thin, yet visible brush strokes, open composition, emphasis on accurate depiction of light in its changing qualities (often accentuating the effects of the passage ...

overtones. He died in Rivara in 1891. After his death,

Telemaco Signorini Telemaco Signorini (; August 18, 1835 – February 10, 1901) was an Italian artist who belonged to the group known as the Macchiaioli. Biography He was born in the Santa Croce quarter of Florence, and showed an early inclination toward the st ...

questioned his role in establishing the Scuola di Rivara, suggesting that Rayper was actually the focus of the group's inspiration. Pittara was, in fact, largely forgotten until 1947, when the "Galleria Fogliato" in Turin presented 88 of his canvases.

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ArtNet: More works by Pittara
{{DEFAULTSORT:Pittara, Carlo 1835 births 1891 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Turin Italian landscape painters Animal paintings 19th-century Italian male artists

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