Luigi Querena

He studied under Federico Moja and distinguished himself as a vedute painter. The contemporary art critic Sagredo said that Luigi was reviving Canaletto. He took part in the uprising against Austrian rule in 1848, and began painting in 1850 on a series of eight works, arrayed as a Cosmorama, depicting the heroic resistance of Venice against the Austrians. These were combined also in later years with views of the lagoon and Venetian monuments, sometimes including scenes drawn from literature or contemporary life. A regular participant in the exhibitions of the Venice Academy of Fine Arts, of which he became an honorary member in 1857, he also presented work at the exhibitions of the Brera Academy in Milan, the Società Promotrice di Belle Arti in Genoa and the national exhibitions in Naples (1877), Turin (1880) and Milan (1881).

Luigi Querena studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Venezia. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Work by Luigi Querena is recorded in the collections of Brera Academy, Museo Correr, Gallerie d'Italia – Milano and Luigi Bailo Museum.

• Illustration — Vista notturna di Venezia dai giardini, 1854, Museo civico Luigi Bailo, Treviso • Illustration — Interior of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - Chapel on the left, 1860 - (Museo Bottacin) - Padova • Illustration — Interior of St. Mark's Basilica in Venice - 'The Pulpit', 1860 (Museo Bottacin) - Padova • Illustration — View of the Grand Canal, looking towards ‘La Salute’ (Museo Bottacin) - Padova • Illustration — Procession all'interno del Colosseo, 1870 (Art collections of Fondazione Cariplo)