Leopoldo Burlando (1841–1915) was an Italian painter, mainly painting cityscapes and

vedute A ''veduta'' (Italian for "view"; plural ''vedute'') is a highly detailed, usually large-scale painting or, more often, print of a cityscape or some other vista. The painters of ''vedute'' are referred to as ''vedutisti''. Origins This genre ...

. He was born in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

, where he trained 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 ...

under professor

Luigi Bisi Luigi Bisi (10 May 1814 – 11 November 1886) was an Italian architect and painter. He was the most notable member of an artistic family. Life Bisi was born in Milan on 10 May 1814, the son of the painter Michele Bisi. He studied under his f ...

. He is known for painting vedute of Venice and Milan, and also interior perspectives of buildings such as the

Certosa of Pavia The Certosa di Pavia is a monastery and complex in Lombardy, Northern Italy, situated near a small town of the same name in the Province of Pavia, north of Pavia. Built in 1396–1495, it was once located on the border of a large hunting ...

and the

Cathedral of Milan Milan Cathedral ( it, Duomo di Milano ; lmo, Domm de Milan ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary ( it, Basilica cattedrale metropolitana di Santa Maria Nascente, links=no), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombard ...

. He painted in oil and watercolor. Burlando was named honorary associate of the Brera Academy. He was also teacher of industrial design at the male orphanage in Milan.degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 80.

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1841 births 1915 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Milan Italian landscape painters Brera Academy alumni 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub