Carlo Balestrini

Carlo Balestrini was an Italian painter. His best-known works are Impressionist landscapes with animals, especially horses.

Biography

Born to a wealthy family in Albese near Milan, Carlo Balestrino studied at the Brera Academy under Giuseppe Bertini.
Among his works are: Cavallanti di ritorno; Paesaggio ; Abel ; Portrait of Emilia Rizzi vedova Daccò; La calata della neve ; Impressione invernale - Darsena di Milano ; Il “Porto di Milano” - Effetto di neve ; Le slitte ; Stalla di vacche alla fattoria. Balestrini also painted for the parish church of Santo Redentore and San Francesco of Cortenuova.
The author Erminia Mimma Viganò has published a novel titled Note nell’aria, whose protagonist's life intersects with that of the painter.