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Vittorio Emanuele Bressanin (November 22, 1860 – August 16, 1941) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in Musile di Piave. He moved to study at the

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in Venice under Pompeo Molmenti, and soon became instructor at the academy, working with colleagues such as

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, Ludovico Cadorin, and Emilio Paggiato. He exhibited works at the

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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

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. 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

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. He painted ''Christianity and Heresy'' now found in the Art Museum of

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. 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

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; 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

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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 {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub