Eugenio Spreafico

He completed his training at the Academy of Brera where he was for the teachers Casnedi and Giuseppe Bertini . The natural tendency to romanticism led him to paint canvases sentimental and mannered at first , even with safe technique and excellent harmony of tones Then , at a later period, the Spreafico copied from the real , preferably the landscapes of the Brianza area, and finally those mountain .

He had the easy correspondence between the visual impression and the pictorial realization . While still a student , he won the competition Hayez with two nude studies . He made several paintings , among which include: “April “, ” Falling autumn leaves “, ” Flowers of the sexton ,” ” Tramotto “, ” Forest ” and ” Procession ” , exhibited in 1881 in Milan, “How know salt The bread of others , “” Blessing of Homes ” ; ” The love of study ” and ” Study from the truth , ” two years after outstanding exhibition , ” Return to the farm “and” in the Park of Monza ” , sent in the same 1883 Rome ; “Marriage village “, ” the Hail Mary in the morning ” and ” Saturday” , exhibited in Turin in 1884 , ” in Cascina “, ” new mother “, ” Idyll” and “Market ” , presented in Milan in 1886 ; ” joys , “” Pain ” and ” Work ” , in Venice the following year ; ” Moms peasant feast day, with the children in her arms , “presented for the competition Fumagalli , ” the Roses of the lake , “” May Day ” ; ” A studded fulgure et libera nos Domine . “