Alberto Pasini

He attended the Academy of Parma, under the guidance of Paolo Toschi and production designer Boccaccio. Unhappy with the lack of uniformity in the teaching of address that was given, he left these masters and began to work alone as a lithographer. He made a successful collection of views of the Castles of Parma and Piacenza. After participating in the War of Independence, he went to Paris and allotted in the study by Eugenio Ciceri, renowned lithographer. In 1853 he attracted attention in the Hall for a lithograph, “Le Soir”. In 1855 obtained permission to follow a French diplomatic mission, and with that he traveled for over a year in Persia, Turkey, Arabia, studying the characteristic environment and accumulating impressions were not to be more clear in his mind. His paintings, especially exhibited at the Paris Salon, obtained great success, and were sought after. He was hailed one of the best orientalist painters. He also traveled in Greece, and traveled to Spain with the painter Gérome. Then the beauty of Venice attracted him, and he went there several times, always bringing back who knew how to fix impressions in his paintings with color effectively and harmoniously. After the policy setbacks French 70s, she made her dwelling in Cavoretto, and there he painted tirelessly until the last few years, so much so that in 1897 the second International Venetian appeared one of his paintings of Orientalist, “Stop knights Syriac”