Luigi Premazzi ( Milano 1814-Costantinopoli 1891)

"Church Interior" oil on canvas by Luigi Premazzi (Milan 1814-Constantinople 1891). Luigi Premazzi trained at the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, later attending the private school of Giovanni Migliara. His production is characterized by a repertoire of Milanese city views and later also of other Italian cities, executed according to the dictates of perspective painting. His smooth and precise painting is also influenced by the contemporary research of Luigi Bisi, from whom he derives the documentary attention to architectural details. He exhibited constantly at the Promotrice di Torino, between 1842 and 1848 and at the Brera exhibition reviews. In 1850 he moved to St. Petersburg, where he became a teacher at the "Imperial School of Fine Arts" in 1861, obtaining the chair of Landscape. Despite his permanent stay in Russia, he continued to participate regularly in the Brera exhibitions and at the Promotrici di Torino, strong in the great favour of public and critics, which he had earned over the years. The painting was part of the furnishings of the Castello di Pomerio where it was purchased in the late 70s of the last century. Excellent condition, original canvas, signed and dated 1860. Coeval gilded frame. Canvas measurements 93x120, with frame 119x148