Egisto Massoni (

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, 1854 –

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, 1929) was an Italian painter, of

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and vistas ''dal vero''. He painted both in oil and watercolor.

Biography

Egisto Massoni was a resident at Pisa. He painted landscapes of the countryside around

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and seascapes and vedute of Venice. At

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, in 1884, he exhibited two paintings: ''In laguna a Venezia'' and ''A Canal at Venice''. At the 1894 Societa degli Amatori e Cultori delle Belli Arti in Rome, he exhibited ''Laguna Veneta a Sottomarina''. Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia
''augusto.digitpa.gov.it'', page 929.

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1854 births 1929 deaths Painters from Tuscany Italian landscape painters Artists from Pisa 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub