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unusual facts about Brera Academy



Achille Vertunni

Later in life, he was named cavaliere della Corona d'Italia, and honorary professor of the Instituto di Belle Arti of Naples and of the Brera Academy of Milan.

Aldo Carpi

In 1906 he joined the noted Brera Academy, where he met some of the most renowned Italian painters of the epoch, including Giuseppe Mentessi, Carlo Cattaneo, Cesare Tallone, as well as Achille Funi, Emilio Gola and Carlo Carrà.

Contardo Barbieri

He graduated from the Brera Academy in 1921 and in his youthful works he re-elaborated the late 19th-century Lombard figurative tradition, attracted by the researches into light and colour carried out by Emilio Gola, Daniele Ranzoni and Emilio Longoni.

Emilio Giuseppe Dossena

He attended the Brera Academy (Milan) and the Scuola del Castello (Milan), where he formed strong friendships with Aligi Sassu, Ernesto Treccani, Guttuso, Domenico Cantatore and Umberto Lilloni.

Enrico Butti

Enrico Butti (Viggiù, April 3, 1847 – Viggiù, January 31, 1932) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in Milan, where he became a professor of the Brera Academy.

Filadelfo Simi

In 1883, he was nominated a Knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy; he became Honorary Academic In Florence (1884), Bologna (1888) and the Brera Academy in Milan (1895).

Luigi Querena

A regular participant in the exhibitions of the Venice Academy, of which he became an honorary member in 1857, he also presented work at the exhibitions of the Brera Academy in Milan, the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti in Genoa and the national exhibitions in Naples (1877), Turin (1880) and Milan (1881).

Luigi Steffani

In 1872, he was made knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy and an official in 1881; for 15 years, he was an professor at the Brera Academy.

Spartaco Vela

Yet as a young man, he enrolled at the Brera Academy at Milan, where his skill was evident the professor Giuseppe Bertini.

Ugo Piatti

Piatti enrolled at the Brera Academy in 1903 and came into contact with the Milanese Futurists in the early years of the next decade, collaborating with Luigi Russolo on intonarumori (noise-making) machines and making his debut at the Famiglia Artistica in 1911.


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Attilio Andreoli

He was an honorary associate at the Brera Academy, even after he retired to Canobbio.

Cesare Tallone

In 1885, he was appointed teacher of painting at the Carrara Academy, in Bergamo, a position which he also held at the Brera Academy from 1899, succeeding Bertini.

Luigi Manini

He was born in Crema, Italy, and studied at the Brera Academy before becoming an assistant to Carlo Ferrario, the professor of stage design at La Scala.

Salvatore Mazza

He was knighted into the Order of the Crown of Italy, and served as consigliere at the Brera Academy.