Pietro Maselli
Born in 1848.
Died in 1892.
Pietro Maselli was a decorative painter whose work focused on genre painting, landscapes and still lifes. He pursued studies in law while attending the Accademia Albertina di Belle Arti in Turin. During his career, he stayed in Cairo and Montevideo.
In the 1880s, he executed frescoes in Turin, notably at the Palazzo Chiablese of the Duke of Genoa, the Palazzo Reale and the Church of Saint Anthony of Padua. His career bears witness to a diversity of influences and to an artistic practice rooted in varied contexts.