Fausto Zonaro

Fausto Zonaro (1854-1929)

He was born in 1854 in Masi , a village near Padua. He started his working life as an apprentice bricklayer. His need to earn money eventually came second to his artistic tendencies, and the young artist studied design in Lendinara. He then studied at the Accademia Cignora in Verona for a time, and then graduated from the Rome Academy of Art. The artist displayed his paintings in Italy in the late 1800s. he then went to Paris, and rented a studio at 36 Boulevard, Cilehy.

Zonaro adopted the Bohemian artist life until 1891. He and his wife then moved to Istanbul from Venice in 1891, and settled down in a wooden house in Taksim. His most interesting works emerged during this period, with the paintings he made in central neighbourhoods of the city.

During the Trablusgarp War in 1911, he moved to San Remo from Istanbul with his family. The artist died in 1929 in San Remo, and some of his works can be seen in some state and private collections in Türkiye.