Palazzo Tosio interno due angeli in rilievo in lunetta Brescia

Giovanni Renica (1808 – 1884) was an Italian painter, active in a

Romantic Romantic may refer to: Genres and eras * The Romantic era, an artistic, literary, musical and intellectual movement of the 18th and 19th centuries ** Romantic music, of that era ** Romantic poetry, of that era ** Romanticism in science, of that e ...

style. He was born in

Montirone Montirone (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy Lombardy ( it, Lombardia, Lombard language, Lombard: ''Lombardia'' or ''Lumbardia' '') is an administrative regions of Italy, region of Italy that covers ; it ...

in the

province of Brescia The Province of Brescia ( it, provincia di Brescia; Brescian: ) is a Province in the Lombardy administrative region of northern Italy. It has a population of some 1,265,964 (as of January 2019) and its capital is the city of Brescia. With an ar ...

, and died in

Brescia Brescia (, locally ; lmo, link=no, label= Lombard, Brèsa ; lat, Brixia; vec, Bressa) is a city and ''comune'' in the region of Lombardy, Northern Italy. It is situated at the foot of the Alps, a few kilometers from the lakes Garda and Iseo. ...

. He was a pupil of

Giovanni Migliara Giovanni Migliara (October 15, 1785 in Alessandria – April 18, 1837 in Milan), was a nobleman and Italian painter active at the beginning of the 19th century, painting vedute and history paintings. Biography Born to artisan parents of limit ...

. He became a teacher at the

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di ...

. He made a trip to the Orient, which gave him inspiration. He left his notes to the Atheneum of Brescia.''La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX.''
Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 48. Among his pupils was Gaetano Fasanotti.

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1808 births 1884 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Painters from Brescia Academic staff of Brera Academy Orientalist painters 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub