Goffredo Sommavilla (

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, 21 July 1850 –

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, 21 October 1944) was an Italian painter, mainly of

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themes. He was born in

, studied in the

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in Venice. He often painted intimate family scenes, including: ''Le gramolatrici di canapa'' at the 1881 Fine Art Exposition, Milan; ''Flowers of Autumn'' at the 1881 Exposition of Fine Arts, Milan; ''La merenda'' and '' Le Lavandaie'' at the 1881, Exposition of Fine Arts, Milan; ''La predica della suocera'' and ''The Beverage Hour'' at the 1887, Exposition of Fine Arts, Milan; ''Il venditore di giornali'' and ''Casa nel monti della Carinò'' at the 1890 Mostra of Turin. He moved in 1882 to

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, where he remained until his death. He became a professor of painting in Montevideo, and among his contemporaries were

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, Soneira, Diógenes Hequet, and Manuel Larravide. Short Biography from Museo "Agustín Araújo" about Uruguayan painters

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