Umberto Ongania

Umberto Ongania (1867–1942) was an Italian painter, mainly of vedute of his native city.

Biography

Ongania was born in Venice and was the first son of publisher Ferdinando Ongania. He painted in both watercolor and oil. He exhibited in 1887 at Venice, La Porta della Carta, and in 1888 at Bologna, Il Palazzo Ducale di Venezia. He continued to paint until the first decades of the twentieth century.[1]

Ongania was one of the many artists who collaborated in the illustration of a book (edited and published by his father)[2] on the Basilica of San Marco with text by Camillo Boito[3].

He married Elena Belozerskij, the daughter of Ivan Ivanovic Belozerskij.[4]

References

  1. ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 337.
  2. ^ Mariachiara Mazzariol, Ferdinando Ongania editore in San Marco, Venezia, Marsilio, 2008 and Id., Ferdinando Ongania 1842-1911 editore in Venezia. Catalogo, Venezia, Lineadacqua, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, 2011.
  3. ^ The Basilica of S. Mark in Venice: illustrated from the points of view of Art and History., Translated by William Scott, 1888.
  4. ^ Lettere (1878-1928) by Giulio Salvadori.
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