Francesco Beda studied with Karl von Blaas in Vienna, but in addition to working in his native Trieste, he travelled and painted for patrons in Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. He painted portraits of the Austrian empress Elizabeth, the Prince of Rolian, and Bishop Strossmayer of Zagreb.

He also had an interest in Orientalist subjects as exemplified by his painting Il Caffè Orientale di Trieste (c. 1888), now on display in the Civic Museum of Oriental Art of Trieste [2] and the Capture of Slaves[3]

Francesco's son Giulio Beda (Trieste 1879- Munich, 1942) was also a painter. After studying with Guglielmo Ciardi in Venice; in 1901 he moved to Munich in Bavaria, where he married the daughter of the painter Karl Haider.[4]

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