Giuseppe Mentessi

Giuseppe Mentessi (29 September 1857 in Ferrara, - 14 June 1931 in Milan) was an Italian painter.

Giuseppe Mentessi

Biography

He established himself as a painter in Milan, where he taught at the Brera Academy. He exhibited a triptych of the Madonna at the Biennale in Venice of 1897.[1] Described as having a mystic suavity and spiritual grace [2] many of his painters center upon an emotive representation of motherhood. Innocente Cantinotti and Antonio Sant'Elia were among his pupils.

References
  1. History of modern Italian Art, Ashton Rollins Willard, page 486.
  2. The Italy of the Italians, By Helen Zimmern, page 117
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