Luigi Nono (painter)
Luigi Nono (8 December 1850 – 17 October 1918) was an Italian painter, known primarily for his genre scenes depicting life among the poor. Biography. A young Nono entered the Accademia of Venice, then under the leadership of Pompeo Marino Molmenti. But by at the age of twenty years, he went to Polcenigo in the Friulian countryside, and he began to refine his style of landscape paintings, including "Sull' Avemaria", "Le sorgenti del Gorgazzo", "Ritorno dai campi", and "Verso sera". He later returned to painting genre subjects of everyday life, and these paintings would prove to be his  most influential. If his contemporary, Giacomo Favretto depicted the sunny and humorous events of contemporary Venice, Nono delved into the painful and poignant scenes. For example, one of his paintings, "Abbandonati" exhibited at the 5th Exposizione of Venice, depicts a homeless mother and child sleeping under a church portal. He also paints the funeral of a child. In 1880 at Turin, he exhibited: "La caccia ai grilli" and "The Fruitseller"; in 1881 at Milan, he displayed a genre painting, "L'Ave Maria", and others titled: "La povera madre"; a half-figure "Autunno"; and "October Morning". To the 1881 Mostra of Venice , he sent: "Le amanti" and "Refugium peccatorum", considered one of his masterworks. To the 1883 Promotrice, he sent "Sottomarino". To Rome also in 1883, he redisplayed "Refugium peccatorum". Also in 1883, he exhibited "La Morte del Pulcino" in Milan. In 1887 at Venice, he exhibited: "I Recini da festa" and "Ruth". In 1885, he painted "Il Bimbo Malato". In 1888 at Bologna, he displayed: "A Venezia". Luigi's brother was a sculptor. Luigi Nono's grandson of the same name (Venice, January 29, 1924 – Venice, August 5, 1990) was an Italian avant-garde music composer. In 2012, an exhibit of  his work took place in Milan.