Alessandro Milesi (1856-1945), Attrib. - Laguna veneta con pescatore

Significant work attributed to the painter Alessandro Milesi (Venice, April 29, 1856 – Venice, October 29, 1945), painted in oil on a wood panel in good condition.
The painting measures 18x33 cm.
The frame is not coeval with the work.
Alessandro Milesi, son of a grain merchant, after spending his childhood in Dorsoduro, began attending the Academy of Fine Arts of Venice profitably at the age of 13, where he remained until 1873.
After a few years in Verona, since 1876 he has been back in his hometown, which he will never abandon despite participating in numerous national and international exhibitions from the late 1970s: Turin, Milan, Genoa, and also Munich, Paris, Antwerp, London, and Boston.
From the first in 1895 to that of 1935, she also exhibited in all editions of the Venice Biennials. She also received numerous awards and recognitions.
His work mainly addresses two major themes: the depiction of everyday life scenes in Venice, with attention to typical lagoon professions (impiraresse, fishermen, boatmen), and, especially from the early 1900s, portraiture. Many prominent personalities from the Venetian scene and beyond were portrayed by Milesi: among those preserved at Ca' Pesaro are Riccardo Selvatico, Giosuè Carducci, Pius X, and the general secretary of the Biennale, Antonio Fradeletto. In 1886, he married Maria Ciardi, sister of the painter Guglielmo. A protagonist and innovator of 19th-century Venetian painting, he can be compared to Luigi Nono, Ettore Tito, and Pietro Fragiacomo, both for his style and subjects, as well as for his familial connection to his brother-in-law.
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