Luigi Mion (

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, Dalmatia, June 15, 1843 – 1920) was an Italian painter, active mainly in

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painting

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subjects.

Biography

Active in

. His main works are: ''Troppo tardi'', exhibited in 1872; ''Mosca cieca'', exhibited at the 1878 Universal Exhibition of Paris; ''Sbagliato'', in 1879 at Monaco; ''La maschera veneziana'' exhibited at the Salon in 1879; ''Farfallina''; ''Religione dello Famiglia''; ''Le orfanelli''; and ''Mamma mia''. To Venice, in 1887, he displayed: ''Il Mattino''; ''After the messa''; ''Ai Vesperi''; and ''In San Marco''. The latter represent a realistic indoor

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 also painted ''Ragazza all Finestra'' now located in the civic library of

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.Borgogna Museum
collection.

References

19th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian painters 1843 births 1920 deaths Painters from Venice People from Kotor 19th-century Italian male artists 20th-century Italian male artists People from the Austrian Empire {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub