Identity:

Guglielmo Ciardi was a genre, landscape and marine painter.

Life:

Born in Venice, He is perhaps best known for his marine paintings. He exhibited in Nice, Berlin, Milan, Naples and Florence. Ciardi became a leading figure (with artists such as Ettore Tito (1859–1941) and Luigi Nono (1850–1918) in a revival of the Venetian school after Venice was reunified with Italy in 1866.

Bibliography:

Bénézit, E., Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs et Graveurs, 8 vols, 1956-61; Halsby, Julian, 'Venice, II: Art life and organization, 5. After 1797,' Grove Dictionary of Art Online, http://www.groveart.com (accessed 20 July 2004).