Giuseppe Solenghi

From 1892 to 1895, he was a pupil at the Brera Academy in Milan, studying painting under Cesare Tallone, sculpture and engraving under Ernesto Bazzaro, and perspective under Giuseppe Mentessi. In 1895–1900, he dedicated himself to illuminated manuscripts. After the First World War, he began exhibiting his landscapes at group shows in Milan and Genoa, participating in exhibitions of the Promotrici, at Brera, and at the Famiglia Artistica Milanese. Leonardo Bazzaro influenced his choice of landscape and vedute. Rather than sunlit pastoral views, he preferred to depict the humid panoramas of the canals of Milan and the Venetian lagoons, and was particularly known for his views of old Milan blanketed in snow. In his final years, Solenghi retired to Cernobbio, where he died on 8 March 1944. A posthumous retrospective exhibition was held in 1947 at the Galleria Boito in Milan, sponsored by the Fondazione Cariplo. ==Notable exhibited works==

• Prime nevi – Third Exhibition of the Federazione Artistica Lombarda, Milan, 1919 • Chioggia and Marina – Fourth Exhibition, Milan, 1920 • Lavandaie, Tramonto a Chioggia, Acquitrini lombardi – Milan, 1921 • Pioggia – Genoa, 1921 • Chioggia – 1922 ==Collections==

Works by Solenghi are held in several public collections: • Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Milan – including Mulino stanco • Galleria d'Arte Moderna Ricci Oddi, Piacenza – including Traffico milanese a Piazza Duomo, Traffico milanese in una via del centro, and Strada vicino ai giardini ==References==