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Lino Selvatico (July 9, 1872 in Padua – 1924 in
Lino Selvatico (July 9, 1872 in Padua – 1924 in Roncade
Roncade is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Treviso in the Italian region Veneto, located about north of Venice and about southeast of Treviso.
Roncade borders the following municipalities: Casale sul Sile, Meolo, Monastier di ...
, Province of Treviso) was an Italian painter.
His father, Riccardo (born 1849), was a lawyer, poet, comedic dramatist, and politician, who intended his son to become a lawyer and legislator. Lino's brother, Luigi Selvatico (1873-1938), was also a painter. Luigi was nicknamed ''il gobbo Selvatico'' due to his physical ailment. Lino was a pupil of Cesare Laurenti, and was also influenced by his friend Ettore Tito. He also was known for art criticism. He painted mainly landscapes in oil and acquaforte. He exhibited two portraits at the third Venice Biennale in 1899. In 1926, the Biennale had a posthumous exhibit of 45 of his works, and in 1935, sixteen of his works. His works are displayed in the Moderna Art Galleries of Milan, Rome, Trieste, Udine, and Venice. He completed portraits of ''Countess Annina Morosini
Annina Morosini, born Anna Sara Nicoletta Maria Rombo (1864–1954), was an Italian noblewoman who was famous for her salons, her patronage of the arts and her lovers.
Life
She was one of three daughters born to Agostino Rombo, the director ...
'' (1908, Venice, Galleria d'arte moderna) and the actress ''Emma Gramatica'' (1911, Piacenza, Galleria d'arte moderna Ricci-Oddi).
His brother Luigi participated in the 1897 Biennale of Venice.Comune of Roncade website.
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1872 births 1924 deaths 19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters Painters from Bologna 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub