Carlo Bellosio
Carlo Bellosio was an Italian painter, active mainly in Lombardy in a Neoclassical style.Biography
He trained in Milan as a pupil of Pelagio Palagi.
He painted for the church of San Ambrogio in Voltri ; for the chapel of the church of San Sepolcro in Milan; for the church of Santa Maria Segreta in Milan; an Assumption of Mary; and for the temple of San Protasio, he painted a Baptism by John. He also painted for San Barnaba and Santa Maria Podone. He also worked in Trezzo d'Adda, Vertova, Val Seriana, and for the Sanctuary of San Prospero in Cressa in Novara.
He frescoed bacchantes and Maenads with an Aurora in the grand room of the casa Poreti in Milan; also decorative frescoes for the casa Scotti in Ponte San Pietro, for the casa Casati in Como, for the casa dei Conti Leonardi in Novara, in a Medolago in casa dei conti Medolago in Medolago, for the casa dei conti Borromeo in Viggiù; and Pallanza which occurred during the retreat of Napoleon, and where many Italian soldiers lost their life. While he worked intensely on the 14 by 6 meter canvas for months, he died before it was finished.
