Luigi Gillarduzzi or Alois Gillarduzzi (Cortina d'Ampezzo, 2 February 1822 - Vienna, 1856) was an Austrian-Italian painter.
After studying design in Innsbruck, he attended the Academy of Venice. In 1846 he moved to Vienna. There in 1853 he exhibited: a Holy Family and Angels, The Flood, and The Bells of St. Mark announce the election of the Doge Foscari. The Ferdinandeum Museum in Innsbruck has the latter painting and The Venetian fisherman. He painted a Deposition in Nazarene style for the parish church of Cortina d'Ampezzo. [1] [2]
Cortina d'Ampezzo is a town and comune in the heart of the southern (Dolomitic) Alps in the province of Belluno, in the Veneto region of Northern Italy. Situated on the Boite river, in an alpine valley, it is an upscale summer and winter sport resort known for its skiing trails, scenery, accommodation, shops and après-ski scene, and for its jet set and Italian aristocratic crowd.
Max Bolkart is a West German former ski jumper who competed from 1954 to 1966.
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