Giovanni Renica (1808 – 1884) was an Italian painter, active in a Romantic style.
![Portrait of Giovanni Renica in the Palazzo Tosio in Brescia.](http://up.wiki.x.io/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Palazzo_Tosio_interno_due_angeli_in_rilievo_in_lunetta_Brescia.jpg/222px-Palazzo_Tosio_interno_due_angeli_in_rilievo_in_lunetta_Brescia.jpg)
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He was born in Montirone in the province of Brescia, and died in Brescia. He was a pupil of Giovanni Migliara. He became a teacher at the Brera Academy. He made a trip to the Orient, which gave him inspiration. He left his notes to the Atheneum of Brescia.[1] Among his pupils was Gaetano Fasanotti.
Sources
edit- ^ La Pittura lombarda nel secolo XIX., Tipografia Capriolo e Massimino, 1900, page 48.
External links
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