Pietro Tomba (1774–1846) was an Italian painter. He was born in

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. His first training was with his artist father. In 1792 he studied architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts of

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under Angelo Venturoli. He help design the casa Piani-Venturoli in Neoclassic style. He helped design the church of the Osservanza (1829–30), San Vitale (1831) e San Sigismondo (1836) in Faenza. He designed the church of San Pietro Apostolo, Castelbolognese. He briefly worked in Rome by

Tommaso Minardi Tommaso Minardi (December 4, 1787 – January 12, 1871) was an Italian painter and author on art theory, active in Faenza, Rome, Perugia, and other towns. He painted in styles that transitioned from Neoclassicism to Romanticism. Biography Mi ...

. In 1820, Tomba was made professor of architecture at the Faentine School of Design in 1820, where among his pupils were

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Gaspare Mattioli Gaspare Mattioli (1806–1843) was an Italian painter who worked in a Neoclassical style. He was born in Faenza, and initially studied ornamentation and figure painting respectively under Giuseppe Zauli and Pasquale Saviotti at the Academy in Fa ...

, and

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.Scuola di Disegno Tommasso Minardi
biographies of professors.

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1774 births 1846 deaths 18th-century Italian painters Italian male painters Architects from Emilia-Romagna Painters from Bologna 18th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-painter-18thC-stub