Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin (November 22, 1860 – August 16, 1941) was an Italian painter.
Biography
He was born in
Musile di Piave
Musile di Piave is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Venice, Veneto, northern Italy.
Piave River flows through the town.
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. He moved to study at the
Academy of Fine Arts
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in Venice under
Pompeo Molmenti, and soon became instructor at the academy, working with colleagues such as
Ettore Tito
Ettore Tito (17 December 1859 – 26 June 1941) was an Italian artist particularly known for his paintings of contemporary life and landscapes in Venice and the surrounding region. He trained at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice and from 1894 ...
,
Ludovico Cadorin, and
Emilio Paggiato. He exhibited works at the
Biennale of Venice
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in 1897, 1899, 1901, 1905, and 1922. among his early prize winning works were ''L'ultimo senato'' in 1887, and ''Fuoco Spento'' (awarded Prince Umberto Prize in 1894 at Milan).
In 1887, he was commissioned to paint the ceiling of the Church of Madonna del Soccorso (''La Rotonda'') of
Rovigo
Rovigo (, ; egl, Ruig) is a city and ''comune'' in the Veneto region of Northeast Italy, the capital of the eponymous province.
Geography
Rovigo stands on the low ground known as Polesine, by rail southwest of Venice and south-southwest of P ...
. He painted the Theological virtues: Faith, Hope and Charity. For the latter, he painted a scene of intercession for those afflicted with the plague. He also painted in 1899–1900, along with
Vincenzo De Stefani, the lunettes of a chapel in the Sanctuary of
Monte Berico
The Church of St. Mary of Mount Berico ( it, Basilica di S. Maria di Monte Berico) is a Roman Catholic and minor basilica in Vicenza, northern Italy. The church is a Marian shrine, and stands at the top of a hill which overlooks the city.
Ori ...
in
Vicenza
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. He painted ''Christianity and Heresy'' now found in the Art Museum of
Ravenna
Ravenna ( , , also ; rgn, Ravèna) is the capital city of the Province of Ravenna, in the Emilia-Romagna region of Northern Italy. It was the capital city of the Western Roman Empire from 408 until its collapse in 476. It then served as the cap ...
. In 1890, he also painted the walls of the parish church of Santi Francesco e Giustina in Rovigo, depicting ''St Francis before Pope Honorius III'' and the ''Martyrdom of Saint Giustina''. He painted altarpieces for the churches of San Marco in
Rovereto
Rovereto (; "wood of sessile oaks"; locally: ''Roveredo'') is a city and ''comune'' in Trentino in northern Italy, located in the Vallagarina valley of the Adige River.
History
Rovereto was an ancient fortress town standing at the frontier b ...
; and the church in
Casale di Scodosia.
He also painted many costume genre subjects, of individuals in gallant poses and antique elaborate attire. His ''Ore liete'' is a
genre
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work painted in 1886. Bressanin also painted sweeping historic and battle frescoes for the walls of the
Tower of San Martino della Battaglia.
[Website of San Dona di Piave, biography.]
Bressanin died in 1941 in Venice.
References
19th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
20th-century Italian painters
Painters from Venice
1860 births
1941 deaths
Italian battle painters
Italian costume genre painters
19th-century war artists
Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia alumni
Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia
19th-century Italian male artists
20th-century Italian male artists
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