Andrea Favero (1837-1912) - Paesaggio fluviale

ANDREA FAVERO (San Zenone degli Ezzelini (Treviso) 1837 - Como 1914) PAINTER Provenance Primary Italian Auction House Andrea Favero was born in San Zenone degli Ezzellini, in the province of Treviso, on March 26, 1837. A pupil of the Accademia di Venezia, he made his debut in 1856 at the Esposizione Veneziana, presenting the painting Atrio Moresco, awarded a gold medal. He participated in the Mostra Marchigiana in 1871 and at the Esposizione Industriale of Mantua in 1878. In 1900, at the Exposition Universelle in Paris, he won the Grand Prize; in the same year at the Esposizione di Milano he won a gold medal. He favored genre scenes, vedute (prospective views), and portraits, using both oil and watercolor. Among his best-known works are: La scuola obbligatoria, Battistero del Duomo di Messina, Colpito dal fulmine, I tre amici, La sosta, Il gioco della trottola. Andrea Favero died in Como on June 10, 1914. Oil on panel. Size: 29 cm by 20 cm; only painting with frame: 54 cm by 45 cm SECOND HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY Signed at the bottom right Only shipping within Europe, no UK

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