Demetrio Cosola

Demetrio Cosola (9 September 1851 – 27 February 1895) was an Italian painter of Piedmontese verismo painting.

Biography

Born in San Sebastiano da Po, he lived his entire life between Chivasso, where he moved with his family at the age of seven, and Turin.

At the age of 18, he began attending the Accademia Albertina.

In 1884, he returned to the Academy, as assistant teacher first to Gastaldi, then (after the latter's death in 1889) to Pier Celestino Gilardi. frequently including children.

Among his major works, Al sole (In the Sun, 1884) was housed in the Royal Palace of Turin, but was destroyed by a fire in 1997; Il dettato (The Dictation Lesson, 1891) is housed in the Turin Civic Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art; Dolori inattesi (Unexpected Sorrows, 1895) is in Chivasso, in a private collection; La vaccinazione nelle campagne (The Vaccination in the Countryside, 1894) is also housed in Chivasso, in the Town Hall.