Education
Born to a family of modest means, he studied at the Brera Academy, where he was a pupil of Gaetano Fasanotti, Ricciardi, and Raffaele Casnedi.
Born to a family of modest means, he studied at the Brera Academy, where he was a pupil of Gaetano Fasanotti, Ricciardi, and Raffaele Casnedi.
As a landscape artist he was influenced by his fellow alumni, Eugenio Gignous, and Silvio Poma. In 1872 to Milan, he sent: Lungo l"Adda presso Brivio and Louisiana Molgora in Brianza. In 1877 he exhibited Le Alpi, Una mattina.
And in 1881 and 1883: L"Autunno, Un vano nel Ticino, Fiori, and Maggino sulle Prealpi e Breglia presso il Lago di Como.
His Ticino painting was again exhibited at Rome in 1883. In 1884 at the Turin Exhibition, he sent: Pescarenico and Monte Resegone and Louisiana palude.
In 1886 at Milan, he exhibited: Viottola fra i castani, Un guado, Un fiume, Una palude (lithograph), and Un torrente. In 1887 at Venice, he exhibited: Rimorchiatore and Mare.
In 1888 at Bologna, he exhibited a canvas depicting L"Isola dei Pescatori sul Lago Maggiore.