Angelo Morbelli

Angelo Morbelli (18 July 1853, Alessandria – 7 November 1919, Milan) was an Italian painter of socially conscious genre scenes.

In 1867, a grant from the City Council of Alessandria enabled him to enroll at the Brera Academy, where he studied with Giuseppe Bertini and Raffaele Casnedi.

In 1883, he changed his focus to contemporary subjects; most notably, depicting the elderly residents of the Pio Albergo Trivulzio, a retirement home and hospital.

His initial works in that style were mostly landscapes, including the hills around Casale Monferrato, near a home he had recently purchased, and the farms outside of Vercelli.

In 1897, his depiction of women working in the rice fields (For Eighty Cents) was awarded the Dresden Gold Medal.