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= Vanni Rossi = From Wikipedia.

Giovanni Luigi Rossi, locally known as Vanni Rossi (Ponte San Pietro, 6 November 1894 - Milan, 14 September 1973) was an Italian painter.

Biography
Born in Ponte San Pietro on the 6th of November 1894 from Gerolamo Rossi and Maria Maffeis, he was the third of seven children. Since he was a child he showed predisposition to painting and at about ten years old he painted scenes inspired by religion on the external walls of his house. With the economic help of the Count Pietro Moroni, Giovanni attended the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo, where he was a student of Ponziano Loverini. In 1915 he was enlisted and sent to the Karst Plateau and then discharged in 1919. The following year he exhibited his works at the Venice Biennale and married Laura Rota Negroni, that he knew during the war period, and with her he had three children. In 1921, after taking part in its foundations, he taught at the Beato Angelico art school in Milan. From 1922, the painter began to dedicate himself to frescoes and worked in various churches in Lombardy. At the same time, he also devote himself to oil painting. In 1926 Giovanni exhibited his works in the first solo exhibition, held at the Pinacoteca di Brera. This was the first in a long series of solo exhibitions. From 1921 to 1945 he dedicated to the creation of 125 tables inspired by the Bible that illustrate the Old Testament.

He died on the 14th of September 1973 in Milan.