Antonio Zoppi
Antonio Zoppi (1860-1926) was an Italian painter, mostly of genre and costume scenes, as well as landscapes..
He was born and resident in Novara. In 1881 at Milan he exhibited: Paggio del secolo XVI. In 1881 at Rome he exhibited: Fate la carità e In vino laetitia. To other exhibitions he sent: Winter Sun; Dolci ricordi; Il nonno; Adele; Study of a head; A landscaper of Tobacco; and Savoy and Winter Morning. Vendemmia was exhibited at the Brera Academy in 1822.[1] Another painter by the same name was born in Piacenza on April 8, 1826. He was a decorative painter and one depicting quadratura.[2]
Among his works: a quadratura painting inside the house of Dezzopis; a garden in the house of signor Filippo Guastoni at Piacenza, and another depicting a garden in casa Beltrami, the Sanvitali depicting the sea. He painted also scenography and decorations for the Teatro Municipale. [3]
References
- ^ ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 562.
- ^ Gli artisti piacentini, cronaca ragionata (1879), by Luigi Ambiveri, page 235.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page .