Lino Selvatico

Lino's brother, Luigi Selvatico (1873–1938), was also a painter. Luigi was nicknamed il gobbo Selvatico due to his physical ailment. Lino was a pupil of Cesare Laurenti, and was also influenced by his friend Ettore Tito. He also was known for art criticism. He exhibited two portraits at the third Venice Biennale in 1899. In 1926, the Biennale had a posthumous exhibit of 45 of his works, and in 1935, sixteen of his works. His works are displayed in the Moderna Art Galleries of Milan, Rome, Trieste, Udine, and Venice. He completed portraits of Countess Annina Morosini (1908, Venice, Galleria d'arte moderna) and the actress Emma Gramatica (1911, Piacenza, Galleria d'arte moderna Ricci-Oddi). His brother Luigi participated in the 1897 Biennale of Venice.

Training under Cesare Laurenti is recorded. The recorded working language is Italian. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Giacomo Favretto and Ettore Tito are recorded as an influence. Places of work recorded in the authority are Venice and Milan. Works named in the authority record are The dancer Rita Sacchetto, Amazon, Woman with cigarette, Portrait of Countess Anna Maria Rombo Morosini and Self-portraits. Work by Lino Selvatico is recorded in the collections of National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Ca' Pesaro, Pinacoteca Querini Stampalia, Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna and Museum of Oriental Art.

• Name — Lino Selvatico • Born — 20 July 1872 • Birthplace — Padua, Kingdom of Italy • Died — 25 July 1924 • Place of death — Roncade, Province of Treviso, Kingdom of Italy • Field — Painting

• Illustration — Portrait of Giovanni Bordiga (1899) • Illustration — The gray hood (1903) • Illustration — Horsewoman (1905) • Illustration — Nina and Ninetto. Female portrait with dog (1906) • Illustration — Portrait of the Countess Anna Morosini (1908) • Illustration — At the mirror (c.1910) • Illustration — Portrait of the dancer Rita Sacchetto (1911) • Illustration — Portrait of my baby (1915) • Illustration — Motherhood (Sketch for portrait) (c.1917) • Illustration — Sketch (with dog) (c.1920) • Illustration — Portrait of a girl (1920) • Illustration — Nude (c.1922) • Illustration — Self-portrait (1922) • Illustration — Mother and child (1922) • Illustration — Sleeping woman (1922) • Illustration — The purple pillow (1923) • Illustration — Woman with cigarette (1923) • Illustration — Portrait of a woman with child (1923) • Illustration — The little shoe (The slipper) (1924) • Illustration — The letter