1885 Genoa, Italy - 1956. Known for: Realist style allegory and mythology figure oil painting, female portraiture.
Born and artistically trained in Genoa, Mattia Traverso spent long periods in Rome where he devoted himself to predominantly religious painting and also dabbled in fresco painting; he also devoted...
Read full biography Born and artistically trained in Genoa, Mattia Traverso spent long periods in Rome where he devoted himself to predominantly religious painting and also dabbled in fresco painting; he also devoted himself to the creation of portraits on private commission, especially of the Genoese bourgeoisie,...
Read full biography Born and artistically trained in Genoa, Mattia Traverso spent long periods in Rome where he devoted himself to predominantly religious painting and also dabbled in fresco painting; he also devoted himself to the creation of portraits on private commission, especially of the Genoese bourgeoisie, including that of the Marquis Durazzo Pallavicini characterised by a seventeenth-century setting....
Read full biography Born and artistically trained in Genoa, Mattia Traverso spent long periods in Rome where he devoted himself to predominantly religious painting and also dabbled in fresco painting; he also devoted himself to the creation of portraits on private commission, especially of the Genoese bourgeoisie, including that of the Marquis Durazzo Pallavicini characterised by a seventeenth-century setting....
Read full biography Born and artistically trained in Genoa, Mattia Traverso spent long periods in Rome where he devoted himself to predominantly religious painting and also dabbled in fresco painting; he also devoted himself to the creation of portraits on private commission, especially of the Genoese bourgeoisie, including that of the Marquis Durazzo Pallavicini characterised by a seventeenth-century setting.
