Giorgio Scherer

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Giorgio Scherer (1831 - 1896) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre paintings.

He was born and resident in Parma. Among his many works, he exhibited an oil canvas in 1870 in Parma depicting; Titian and Odoardo Farnese; Consolare gli afflitti; La mascherata. In 1882, a Florence; A lesson at the piano forte; An unfortunate news ; exhibited in the next year, at the same Exposition. The son of the soldier ; Il merciaio ambulante, exhibited in 1884 in Turin. [1]

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References

  1. ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 460.