Pompeo Bertini And Guido Bertini

Place: Milan

Born: 1825

Death: 1898

Biography:

Pompeo Bertini and Guido Bertini were Italian painters, active in Milan. Pompeo Bertini was born in Milan in 1825 and died in Milan in 1898. Guido Bertini was born in Milan in 1872 and died in Luvinate in 1938. They were father and son. Pompeo Bertini studied at the Brera Academy under Luigi Sabatelli and Giuseppe Bisi, and in 1845 was awarded the Gran premio di pittura dell'Accademia di Brera on the strength of a picture of the meeting between Dante and Fra Ilario. Guido Bertini was also a painter and a poet. He was known for his original and acute verses and his comedies, which were centered on personages and protagonists typical of Milan. He was an extroverted exponent of the Milanese theater and wrote numerous comedies, such as Osteria della scaletta, El Menagramm, On quader antigh, Le miee brutta, L'anima travasada, El zio matt, La man in del foeugh, El delitt de via Spiga, Bottega de bellezza, Pronta cassa, and El diavol el fa i sò pass. He also wrote verses, but he did not publish them. He died in Luvinate in 1938.