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Francis MoltinoAntique English 19th century View of Venice with St.Marks and the Grand Canalcirca 1850
circa 1850
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Francis Moltino (1818–1888) was a 19th-century English landscape painter. Most biographical accounts give his place of birth as Milan, Italy but this is incorrect. Francis Moltino was in fact born Frank George Owen Moulton in Norfolk and no doubt changed his name and reinvented himself in order to sound more exotic. Moltino married Elizabeth Nockold in 1834 and moved to London in the 1840s.
Between 1847 and 1867 he exhibited at the Royal Academy, the British Institution, and the Royal Society of British Artists. Moltino specialized in atmospheric cityscapes of the river Thames and Victorian London, and in particular scenes of Venice in the style of J. M. W. Turner. Moltino died in Wandsworth, South London in April 1888.
This is a bright well-painted example of the artist's work and is framed in its original Antique English frame.
- Creator:Francis Moltino (Italian)
- Creation Year:circa 1850
- Dimensions:Height: 21 in (53.34 cm)Width: 29 in (73.66 cm)
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- Condition:The painting is in good original condition.
- Gallery Location:Woodbury, CT
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU507312298632
Francis Moltino
Francis Moltino was an Italian painter, resident in London, who specialized in landscapes and coastal scenes. His work is similar to that of Turner in style but with an air of southern Europe. Moltino exhibited at the Royal Academy of Arts in London between 1848–55. He was resident in Covent Garden and then Pimlico in London from the mid-1840s. In later life, Moltino returned to Italy and painted in Venice, where he might originally have come from.
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