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Luigi Chialiva

Luigi Chialiva (1842 - 1914) was active/lived in Switzerland, France.  Luigi Chialiva is known for Animal, figural, genre, landscape.

Luigi Chialiva, Italian 1842 - 1914

Born in Caslano, Italy, Luigi Chialiva became a specialist in outdoor peasant life; especially farm animal tended by children.  After spending his childhood on the shores of Lake Lugano, he was sent by his father to the Polytechnique Institution at Zurich where he studied with Semper, a famous architect.  In 1864 he entered the Art School Milan as a student of the genre painter Carlo Mancini.  He also worked in Paris under Ferdinand Heilbuth, a painter with a sense of humor and excellent insight into the presentation of character.

Returning to France in 1872 after his father's death, Chialiva married and settled in Ecouen, an artistic village a few miles north of Paris.  Here, along with yearly trips to England and central France, the artist found inspiration for his work.

Henry Bacon, an American painter and writer living in France, wrote a glowing appraisal of Chialiva in "Parisian Art and Artists" stating:   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3534 characters.]  Artist bio

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