Cesare Mainella (1885-1975) - Farra di Gradisca

Mainella Cesare
Born in Venice 9/06/1885 - 21/01/1975
Technique: Tempera and pastel on cardboard
Title: Farra di Gradisca
Year: 1918
Dimensions: 58.5 x 42.5 cm

He was born into a family of artists: his father, Raffaele, was a watercolorist and architect, known in Venice and in France, while his mother Fanny was the daughter of Giulio Carlini, a famous 19th-century portrait painter, and one of the first women to graduate from the Venice Academy. The godfather at his baptism was the painter Giacomo Favretto. He attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. He was a fellow student of Amedeo Modigliani at the free Academy of Life Drawing. In 1906 he obtained the