Vittorio Reggianini

Vittorio Reggianini was an Italian painter active between the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. His works depict upper-middle-class life, and many of them focus on women and children. He trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Modena, where he was later elected professor.

He then moved to Florence, where he exhibited from 1907 to 1911. There he worked alongside other painters such as Federico Andreotti and Francesco Vinea, whose works share similar themes and sometimes the same models. His painting has a sensual quality, and he was particularly skilled at rendering textiles. He also portrayed the lives of peasants living in modest conditions.

Among his works are The Music Lesson, Young Woman with a Kitten, Admiration, Roses, The Letter, The Suitor, Flirtatious Glances and An Unwelcome Guest. His legacy lies in his fondness for bourgeois interiors and rural life, and his name is associated with the academic Italian painting of his time.