Fausto Zonaro
Fausto Zonaro (18 September 1854 – 19 July 1929) was an Italian painter, best known for his realist style paintings of life and history of the Ottoman Empire. Life Young life and early art career Fausto Zonaro was born in Masi, a municipality in the Province of Padua, then part of the Austrian Empire. He was the eldest child of the mason Maurizio and his wife Elisabetta Bertoncin. Maurizio intended that his son should also be a mason, yet at a young age, Fausto showed a great ability at drawing. With his parents’ consent, he enrolled first in the Technical Institute in Lendinara, then in the Cignaroli Academy in Verona under Napoleone Nani. Fausto opened a small art school and studio in Venice, but traveled often to Naples as well. He felt no clear direction in his life at that time. He actively displayed works in exhibition and gained respect of critics. He painted mainly genre works in oil and watercolor. In 1883 at Milan, he exhibited: ''Le rivelatrici napoletane''; ...
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Masi, Veneto
Masi is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Padua. Masi borders the following municipalities: Badia Polesine, Castelbaldo Castelbaldo is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about southwest of Venice and about southwest of Padua. Castelbaldo borders the following municipalities: Badia Polesine, Masi, Merlara, ..., Merlara, Piacenza d'Adige. People * Fausto Zonaro (1854 - 1929), the last Court Painter to the Ottoman Empire. References Cities and towns in Veneto {{Veneto-geo-stub ...
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