Augusto Bompiani

{{Short description|Italian painter (1852–1930)}}

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Augusto Bompiani (September 11, 1852 – May 9, 1930) was an Italian painter, mainly of landscapes including figures, in both oil and watercolors.

He was born in Rome. His father, Roberto Bompiani, was also a painter as was his sister Clelia Bompiani. Augusto trained at the Accademia di San Luca in Rome, and later became a teacher there.[https://books.google.com/books?id=PQhNAAAAYAAJ&q=Augusto+Bompiani Italian 19th century drawings & watercolors: an album, Camuccini & Minardi to Mancini & Balla], by Roberta J. M. Olson, Shepherd Gallery, 1976

At the 1880 exposition of Turin, he submitted a painting titled Fra una messa. At 1883 in the Exposition at Rome he displayed Intima e Due, a vedute of the port of Anzio. In 1883 at the Promotrice of Florence, he exhibited Due teste di Ciociara and L'arrivo. At the 1885 Turin exhibition, he displayed a Studio di paese.[https://books.google.com/books?id=Zz0bAAAAYAAJ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.], by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 64.

In 1904, he collaborated with Onorato Carlandi, E. Ferrari, and Alessandro Battaglia in illustrating an album donated to the visiting president of France, Loubet.

Augusto Bompiani died in Rome in 1930.