Cesare Biseo

Cesare Biseo
An Arab Market, by Cesare Biseo
Born April 18, 1843
Rome, Italy
Died January 25, 1909
Rome, Italy
Nationality Italian
Known for Painter, author

Cesare Biseo (April 18, 1843 – January 25, 1909) was an Italian painter known mainly for his orientalist themes.

Biography

He was born in Rome to a family originally from Brescia. He trained under his father. He initially worked in decorative paintings of houses. Biseo was invited by the Viceroy of Egypt to Alexandria, Egypt, to decorate his palace. This trip gave him subjects for future works as painter. He returned to the Muslim world; for example, in the company of Stefano Ussi and Edmondo De Amicis. They were part of the first embassy to Morocco.[1] With De Amicis, Biseo published a book on observations in Morocco and Costantinople, edited by the brothers Treves of Milan. In the 1887 Mostra di Venezia, he exhibited watercolors titled: Ricordi de Cairo.[2]

Work

Illustrations

Select list of paintings

  • Camel Driver in the Desert, 1870
  • Offering at the Zakat, 1870
  • Impressions of Cairo, 1870
  • Street in an Arab City, 1870
  • Favourites in the Park, 1870
  • Oriental Dancer, 1876 (oil on panel, 35 x 25 cm)
  • The Hookah Smoker, date unknown

Paintings

See also

References

  1. ↑ Gli Orientalisti exhibition.
  2. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 59.


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