Giuseppe Mascarini

Giuseppe Mascarini (Bologna, 17 November 1877 - Milan, 3 November 1954) was an Italian painter.

He enrolled at the Brera Academy, but deferred it to pursue painting independently.^[1] He married Swiss painter Elvezia Michel, whom was related to Giovanni Giacometti and Alberto Giacometti, in 1914.^[1]

Mascarini is part of the late-nineteenth-century Lombard naturalism artistic movement, he mainly focused on Ligurian seascapes, still lifes and the study of the human figure, specifically to the emotional aspects of the mother-child relationship.^[1]

Mascarini exhibited his works at La Permanente in Milan, the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1922 with Carlo Bazzi,^[2][3][4] the Quadriennale di Roma^[5] and at the Biennali di Venezia in 1912^[6] and subsequently in 1950.^[7]

Mascarini's works can be found in various public and private collections in Milan. The Gallery of Modern Art owns four paintings: Violetta e Nonna e nipotina, bought for the autumn social exhibitions at Permanente in 1918 and 1935, a Portrait of Mr Carlo Canali (Ritratto del signor Carlo Canali), donated by his widow in 1920 and a Portrait of Mrs Maria Luisa Grubicy (Ritratto della signora Maria Luisa Grubicy), bequeathed by Alberto Grubicy, Vittore Grubicy de Dragon's brother.^[8] The Raccolte d'arte dell'Ospedale Maggiore contain four portraits of his benefactors (Camillo Crespi, Giovanna Gargantini dal Verme, Lorenzo Brera and Luisa Vacchelli Rocco).^[9][10] In 1955, one of his paintings (Indoors) was purchased by the art collection of Fondazione Capirlo.^[4][11]

One of his paintings is in the civic collections of the Municipality of Rho.^[12]

• Alberto Giacometti
• Carlo Bazzi
• Giovanni Giacometti