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Antonio Paoletti | Genre painter

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Antonio Ermolao Paoletti (May 8, 1834 in Venice - December 13, 1912 in Venice) was an Venetian🎨 impressionist painter from the Macchiaioli group🎨 and teacher.
Paoletti is well known for his paintings of Venetian genre scenes🎨.
Paoletti attended course in the Accademia as a pupil of Pompeo Marino Molmenti, and as a colleague of the sculptor Antonio Dal Zotto and the Armenian painter and engraver Edgar Chahine.


He displayed in various exhibitions, including:

  • Milan in 1872, where he displayed Ecco come va il vino nelle messe;
  • at the 1884 Exhibition of Turin: Flowers for the Holy Virgin and Fa' caro al nonno!;
  • at the 1884 Promotrice Popolana Venicena; il pesce addenti; and in 1885, Il venditore di pesce.
Like his father, Paoletti also became a professor at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice.


















Paoletti Antonio Ermolao, pittore (Venezia, 1834-1912).
Alunno di Molmenti all'Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia.
Inizialmente dedicato alla pittura di storia, in seguito alla pittura decorativa e scene di genere🎨 con folk e veneziano.
Le sue opere sono a Venezia, Padova, Belluno, ma anche a Londra, Manchester e Nizza. Paoletti ha partecipato a numerose mostre a Milano, Torino, Firenze e Londra. | © Dizionario biografico austriaco