Francesco Bosso

Francesco Bosso (born Vercelli, December 27, 1864; died Turin, 1933)[1] was an Italian scenic designer and painter, best known for landscapes and floral still lifes.

[4] At the beginning of his artistic career he dedicated himself to decoration and scenography, carrying out works in palaces, churches and theaters in Italy, France and Switzerland.

[1] In 1914, at the International Exhibition of Marine and Maritime Hygiene, a world's fair held in Genoa, his large diorama of the Panama Canal received high praise.

[7] He had great success with decorative floral still lifes, typically presented in elaborately carved and gilded frames, sometimes circular or oval in shape, and often conceived as paired pendants.

[1] The Museo del Teatro di Figura in Milan conserves a number of painted stage curtains, backdrops and scenery elements that Bosso designed and created for the city's traditional puppet theaters, beginning in 1900.