Giuseppe Tominz
Italian painter
Died when: 75 years 290 days (909 months)Star Sign: Cancer
Giuseppe Tominz, also known as Jožef Tominc (6 July 1790 – 24 April 1866), was an Italian-Slovene painter from the Austrian Littoral.He worked mostly in the cultural milieu of the upper bourgeoisie in the Austrian Illyrian Kingdom.
He was one of the most prominent portraitists of the Biedermeier period.He became renowned for his realistic portraits.He worked mostly in the Austrian Littoral, but also produced religious paintings in Carniola and in Croatia.
His handiwork can be seen in the Church of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Donji Stoliv.Nowadays, many of his works are on display in the Revoltella Museum in Trieste, some in the National Gallery of Slovenia in Ljubljana, National Museum of Serbia and in the Museum of History and Art of Gorizia.
He is considered part of both the Italian and the Slovenian national culture canon.
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