Ernesto Serra (24 March 1860 – 17 May 1915) was an Italian genre, landscape and portrait painter from

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in the

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Biography

Ernesto Serra was born on 24 March 1860 in Varallo Sesia.E. Benezit, 1976. Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs. Volume 9, p. 534. Librairie Gründ. Paris, France. . In French.http://www.comanducci.it/en/ A. M. Comanducci, 1970. Dizionario illustrato dei Pittori, Disegnatori e Incisori Italiano Moderni e Contemporanei, Milano. He studied at the

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in Turin under Professor

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(1826-1889) and won a gold medal for portrait painting. He specialized in genre, landscape and portrait painting.

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and Ugo Matini, 1889. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.'', Tipi dei Successori Le Monnier. p. 470. In Italian. At the Esposizione Generale Italiana del 1884 (it), organised by the Società Promotrice dell'Industria Nazionale in Turin, he exhibited a portrait of a young lady called ''Lilia'',C. Reduzzi, 30-05-1985. Esposizioni di Belle Arti
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Torino, Italy, 8 p. In Italian. also known as ''Elda'', which was highly appreciated by the public and of which he subsequently produced about fifteen different versions. The painting was acquired by the committee of the Exposition to serve as prize for the exposition lottery. This was followed by exposition of ''Nadar'' at the 1885

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in Antwerp. In 1886, he exhibited ''Così?'' at the ''Primaverile Fiorentina'' (Florentine Spring) exposition organised by the ''Società delle belle Arti di Firenze'' in Florence. ''Lilia'' was exposed again, together with the paintings ''Civetteria'' and ''Trastulli materni'', at the 1887 ''Esposizione Nazionale Artistica di Venezia'' (National Artistic Exposition of Venice). From 1888 until 1895 he was sponsored by the ''Negozianti d'Arte di Colà'' and lived in Paris for two yearsGalleria Bollardi, 1917. Vendita al pubblico incanto dello studio di Ernesto Serra e della raccolta di un'illustra famiglia Lombarda. Anno IV, Catalogo 5. Milano, 48 p. where he exhibited ''Maura pienserosa'' and ''Visione'' at the

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.Istituto Matteucci
short biography. After his return to Italy, he had his studio at Corso Valentino 2 in Turin.Roux Frassati e Co., 1898. Esposizione Generale Italiana: Catalogo Illustrato delle belle Arti
Torino. 246 p. In 1897 Serra exhibited paintings at the ''Biennale di Venezia'' (

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) and in 1898 exposed three paintings (''Compagni di giuochi'', ''Venditrice d'aranci'' and ''Una mossa difficile'') at the ''Esposizione Generale Italiana'', and two religious paintings (''Il Sonno del Bambino Gesù'' and ''Maddalena nel Deserto'') at the ''Esposizione d'Arte Sacra Antica e Moderna''Roux Frassati e Co., 1898. Catalogo di arte sacra: antica, moderna, applicata
Torino, 223 p.Roux Frassati e Co., 1898. Arte sacra: rassegna illustrata dell'Esposizione d'Arte Sacra indetta a Torino
308 p. (Exposition of Sacred Art) in Turin, for which he was awarded a silver medal. The committee responsible for the Valsesian show at the exposition published a magazine to represent the works of Valsesian artists at the exposition, which also featured works of Ernesto Serra.Rassegna Populare Illustrata. Esposizione Generale Italiana e d'Arte Sacra
Weekly magazine, issue 29 March 1898, No. 13. In 1901 he exposed ''Falciatore'' (the haymaker) at the International Art Exposition of Munich, which was very well received and re-exposed in 1904 at the ''Internazionale'' in Rome and in 1913 at the ''Esposizione della Promotrice di Belle Arti'' in Turin. In 1902 he participated in the ''Esposizione Quadriennale di Belle Arte'' in Turin with ''Fiori d'aprile''. Many of Serra's paintings were acquired by state and municipal galleries, but he was also supporterd by king

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and by

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, the

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. Later in his life he focused on landscape painting of the mountains near Turin. Ernesto Serra died in

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on 17 May 1915 and sketches, drawings and paintings in his studio were auctioned off by ''Galleria Bollardi'' in Turin in 1917.

List of paintings

*''Gypsy Woman with a Tambourine'', 1883. Oil on canvas, 79x125 cm. *''Farfalla nera'' (black butterfly, young man's portrait), no date. Exhibited at L'Esposizione di Belle Arti a Brera in 1885. *''Lilia'' or ''Elda'', no date. Exhibited at the Esposizione Generale Italiana (1984-1985) dell '80 in Turin and at the National Artistic Exposition, Venice, 1887. *''Spanish Beauty'', no date. Oil on canvas, 46x67 cm. Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. *''A maiden in satin cloak'', no date. Oil on canvas, 44x70 cm. Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. *''Portrait De Jeune Orientale'', no date. Oil on canvas, 43x69 cm. Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. Private collection M.J. Waterloo, Amsterdam. *''Portrait Of A Young Beauty'', no date. Oil on canvas, 39x64 cm. Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. *''Ritratto Di Giovane Dama'' (A young beauty), no date. Oil on canvas, 44x72 cm. Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. *''Ritratto Di Giovinetta'', no date. Oil on canvas, 40x69 cm. Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. *''Lo Scialle Rosso'' (Woman with red scarf), no date. Oil on canvas, 40x61 cm. *''Ritratto di fanciulla'', no date. Oil on canvas, 38x77 cm. *''Nadar'', exhibited at the 1885

in Antwerp, Belgium. *''Civetteria'', no date. Exhibited at the National Artistic Exposition, Venice, 1887. *''Trastulli materni'', no date. Exhibited at the National Artistic Exposition, Venice, 1887. *''Studio di donna'',Anonymous, 1887. L'Illustratione Popolare, Vol. XXIV No. 51, Milano, 18 December, p. 804 no date. *''Venetian marriage'', no date. *''First communion, Venice'', no date. Oil on canvas. *''Maura pienserosa'' (Pensive Maura), no date. Oil on canvas, 30x40 cm
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna
Rome, Italy. *''Visione'', no date
Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna
Turin, Italy. *''Alla Fontana'', no date. Oil on canvas, 85x130 cm. *''Atmospheric sunsets'', no date. Oil on canvas, pair of paintings, one signed, 60 x 100 cm. *
Compagni di giuochi
', no date. Oil on canvas. Exposed at the 1898 Esposizione Generale Italiana in Turin. *''Una mossa difficile'', no date. Oil on canvas. Exposed at the 1898 Esposizione Generale Italiana in Turin. *''Venditrice d'aranci'' (The orange seller), no date. Oil on canvas, 85x130 cm. Exposed at the 1898 Esposizione Generale Italiana in Turin. *''Venditrice d'aranci'' (The orange seller), no date, Oil on canvas, 58x90 cm. *''Il Sonno del Bambino Gesù'', Oil on canvas. Exposed at the 1898 Esposizione d'Arte Sacra Antica e Moderna in Turin. *
La Maddalena nel Deserto
', Oil on canvas. Exposed at the 1898 Esposizione d'Arte Sacra Antica e Moderna in Turin. *''Girl with basket of lambs'', no date. Oil on canvas, 90x133 cm. *''Haymaking in the Forest'', no date. Oil on canvas, 119x168 cm. *''Mucca al pascolo'' (cow in meadow), no date. Oil on panel, 12x18 cm. *''Gentiluomo A Cavallo'' (Gentleman Riding Horse), 1899. Oil on canvas, 143x300 cm. *''Dama Che Legge'' (Lady reading), no date. Oil on canvas, 112x167 cm. *''Dolci Pensieri'', no date. Oil on canvas, 66x91 cm. *''Fanciulla Col Gatto'', no date. Oil on canvas, 36x50 cm. *''Val di Cogne'', no date. Oil on canvas, 140x100 cm.

Art gallery

File:Serra ernesto 1860-1915 elda portrait-of-a-lady.jpg, Version of ''Lilia'' or ''Elda''. date 1885-1890, oil on canvas. File:Ernesto Serra (1860-1915), Primavera.jpg, Primavera File:Ernesto Serra (1860-1915), La Maddalena.jpg, La Maddalena nel Deserto, oil on canvas, Exhibited at the Galleria d'Arte Moderna all'Esposizine d'Arte Sacra, Turin, 1898. File:Ernesto Serra (1860-1915) Alla Fontana.jpg, Alla Fontana File:Ernesto Serra (1860-1915), Compagni di giuochi.jpg, Compagni di giuochi. Exhibited at the Esposizione Generale Italiana, Turin, 1898.

References

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