Luigi Mion

{{short description|Italian painter}} '''Luigi Mion''' (Cattaro, Dalmatia, June 15, 1843 – Venice, Italy, November 20, 1908) was an Italian painter, active mainly in Venice painting genre subjects.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gbdGAQAAIAAJ ''I pittori italiani dell'ottocento: dizionario critico e documentario''], by Agostino Mario Comanducci, 1992, Page 438.</ref>

==Biography== He was born in Kotor, Montenegro, at that time part of Austria-Hungary, to Guiseppe Mion and Maria Bogdanović, then moved to Treviso, Venice, married in 1895 Ida Leis Leimburg, and had a son, Guido Mion with first wife Maria Ferro. Active in Venice. His main works are: ''Troppo tardi'', exhibited in 1872; ''Mosca cieca'', exhibited at the 1878 Universal Exhibition of Paris; ''Sbagliato'', in 1879 at Monaco; ''La maschera veneziana'' exhibited at the Salon in 1879; ''Farfallina''; ''Religione dello Famiglia''; ''Le orfanelli''; and ''Mamma mia''. To Venice, in 1887, he displayed: ''Il Mattino''; ''After the messa''; ''Ai Vesperi''; and ''In San Marco''. The latter represent a realistic indoor vedute.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti''], by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 338.</ref> he also painted ''Ragazza all Finestra'' now located in the civic library of Vercelli.<ref>[http://www.museoborgogna.it/it/salaII/pagine/mion.htm Borgogna Museum] collection.</ref>

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