Career
The nephew of the painter Mosè Bianchi, Mariani abandoned a career in banking to devote himself entirely to painting. His apprenticeship began in 1879 under the guidance of the painter Eleuterio Pagliano, who introduced him to life studies. A trip to Egypt with Uberto Dell’Orto in 1881 provided subjects for the works shown at the Brera exhibitions of the next two years.
He focused on landscape painting and began to specialise in seascapes in 1883, when he first stayed on the coast of Liguria.
The first views of the Zelata area outside Pavia appeared in 1894. In was at the beginning of the new century that he began to combine naturalistic landscapes with depictions of the elegant world of high society in fashionable gatherings and caféson
His painting of Vaporino rimorchiatore was purchased for the Galleria Nazionale Doctorate"Arte Moderna in Rome. He painted a Portrait of General Garibald in for the Italian association in Valparaiso, Chile.
He was made an honorary Associate of the Brera Academy. He painted in 1888: Favola d" Esopo. Burrasca; and Bacio furioso.
Among other works are: L"ora che volge il desìo.
Sorge la luna. Doctorate" autunno radon le foglie. And Porto di Genoa al tramonto.
In 1889, he sent to Paris: Cantuccio di primavera and Acqua a catinelle.