Alessandro Milesi

(Venezia, 1856 - Venezia, 1945)

Alessandro Milesi was an Italian painter originally from Venice in the mid-nineteenth century. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Venice from 1869 to 1874 with Napoleone Nani, a portrait painter. In 1879 he made his debut at the Turin Exhibition. And in 1997 he exhibited at the first edition of the Venice Biennale. In 1899 he joined the Guild of Italian Painters and Sculptors with the aim of giving greater impetus to art. His canvases are characterized by free, fast, synthetic and luminous brushstrokes and the artist is mainly interested in the representation of humble and everyday reality.