Giuseppe Ricci
Giuseppe Ricci (1853 in Genoa – April 21, 1901 in Turin) was an Italian painter, often painting indoor genre themes. Biography. While he was born and a resident of Genoa, he had trained first in Turin with Enrico Gamba and then in Paris with Léon Bonnat. In 1880, he exhibited "Bozzeto di mendicante". In 1892, the Civic Museum of Turin acquired "Una lezione di musica (The Music Lesson)". In 1900, he painted "Voci Intime (Intimate Voices)"; "Madonna del Fiore" (won Alinari Prize); and "Le pain be'nit" (1900). He was strongly influenced by the French painter Eugène Carrière. Giuseppe Pasquale  Ricci, who bears no known relationship, was a merchant of the city of Trieste. In 1880 at the Exhibition of Turin, he displayed:"Buon viaggio"; and in 1884, "Diogene" and "In processione". In 1883 at the Exhibition of Rome, he exhibited "Per la processione". In 1880, at the Fine Arts Exhibition of Milan, he displayed the realist style painting of "Mendicante" (Beggar).