Federigo Pastoris or Count Federico Pastoris (1837 – 1884 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 ...

) was an Italian painter and engraver. Federigo_Pastoris

He studied and resided in Turin. He formed part of the '' Scuola di Rivara'' led by

Carlo Pittara 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 . Biography He was born in Turin. He bega ...

. This group of Piedmontese painters completed their landscapes on site in the open air (dal vero). The group included Ernesto Bertea,

Alberto Issel Alberto Issel (1848–1926) was an Italian painter. Biography He was a resident of Genoa and a pupil of the Accademia Ligustica. He won awards while a student for engravings in 1869 and 1870. He then studied in Florence under Carlo Markò the Y ...

, Vittorio Avondo, and

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 ...

. In 1870 at Parma, he exhibited: ''Incamminiamoci'' a figure painted ''al vero'' (realistically). He often painted figures in the native garb of the mountains of the Piedmont. He engraved a print titled ''Viadotto di Comba Oscura (Traforo delle Alpi)'' (Viaduct of Comba Oscura (Alps tunnel)) based on a painting of Carlo Lovera. The print was signed Federigo Pastoris di Casabrosso. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by

Angelo de Gubernatis Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–26 February 1913), Italian man of letters, was born in Turin and educated there and at Berlin, where he studied philology. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fourteen times. Life In 1862 he wa ...

. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 359.

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19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 1837 births 1888 deaths Artists from Turin Italian landscape painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub