Tommaso was born in
Moncalieri and attended the
Accademia Albertina from 1859 until 1862, working under
Clementina Morgari Lomazzi. Working for a few years in various fresco projects, in 1871, he travelled to Paris to work under
Thomas Couture. In 1880, he was offered a position with
Louis Prang and Company, who utilized him as a designer of holiday cards. After six months, he sought other positions. By 1882 he was an instructor at the
Boston Art Club. He later also taught at the
Rhode Island School of Design. Among his pupils were
Childe Hassam, A.W. Buhler and
Sears Gallagher. He participated in major decorative projects including frescoes of the
Muses (1886) on the dome of the
Michigan State Capitol in
Lansing. He was commissioned to paint the portrait of First Lady
Frances Folsom Cleveland and to decorate a number of churches and residences in Boston. His work "Madmoiselle Yvonne" was once at the
Locke-Ober Restaurant in Boston. He also executed the largest mural cycle then extant in United States,
Grecian Festival for the public library in
Franklin, Massachusetts. He died in Moncalieri. ==References==