Giuseppe Solenghi

Giuseppe Solenghi (Milan, 3 May 1879 – Cernobbio (Province of Como), 8 March 1944) was an Italian painter and engraver, depicting mainly landscapes, cityscapes (vedute), and portraits.

Biography 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 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