
Gondola on the canal (View of Chioggia), c. 1880-1885
Oil on the table
27 x 35 cm
Accademia Carrara Bergamo
Chioggia is a coastal town and commune of the Metropolitan City of Venice in the Veneto region of northern Italy. The town is situated on a small island at the southern entrance to the Lagoon of Venice.
Mosè Bianchi ( Monza , 1840-1904) was an Italian painter and printmaker. Bianchi’s family moved from Monza to Milan and he enrolled at the Brera Academy . Having interrupted his studies to serve in the second war of independence, he returned to attend the school directed by Giuseppe Bertini .
The award of a grant in 1867 enabled him to visit Venice and then Paris in 1869. He took part with some success at the Brera exhibitions and the Vienna Exhibition of 1873. It was in this period That he Began to paint genre scenes in 18th- century settings and numerous portraits, soon becoming one of the most popular artists on demand with the Milanese middle classes. He returned to Venice in 1879 and visited Chioggia for the first time. Gignese , views of Milan and Venice along the streets of Gignese. More on Mosè Bianchi
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