Oreste Silvestri

Oreste Silvestri (5 September, 1858 – 24 November 24, 1936[1]) was an Italian painter.

Biography

He was born in Pollone in Vercelli to a Piedmontese mother and Lombard father. He became know as one of the premier acquafortisti of his age. In the Promotrice of Turin, he exhibited acquaforte reproductions of Aracne by Carlo Stratta, the Vaccheria Svizzera by Giacomo Grosso, and Alaggio sul Tanaro by Lorenzo Delleani. After he moved to Milan, he established, along with Giuseppe Mentessi, an art school of the Società Umanitaria.[2]

He presented his works at many National Expositions. In 1889 at Turin, he displayed: Una giornata di Sole. In 1883 at the Fine Arts Exposition in Rome, he displayed Alla fontana. In 1884 at the Mostra of Fine Arts at Turin: Impressione d'Estate.[3] He also participated in many prominent restorations including in 1924 of the The Last Supper by Da Vinci.[4][5] He was also a erudite and cultured art collector and merchant. He died in Milan.

He was likely related to the portrait artist Carlo Silvestri (1821-1883), whose self-portrait he donated (1937) to the Galleria d'Arte Moderna in Milan.

References

  1. ↑ short biography
  2. ↑ L'arte nel Biellese, by Alessandro Roccavilla, (1905) page 77.
  3. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 477.
  4. ↑ RAI interview of Pietro Marani.
  5. ↑ voce ‘Restauro’ dell’Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani (1936) di PietroToesca, cfr. http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/restauro_res-3c1c79f6-8bb6-11dc-8e9d-0016357eee51_(Enciclopedia-Italiana)/
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