Francesco Ghittoni (1855–1928) was an Italian painter, mainly of genre paintings of the life of rural workers, but also portraits, sacred subjects, and, late in life, landscapes.
He began as a pupil at the Istituto Gazzola of Lorenzo Toncini, and was attached to the Institute for over a decade.
[1] He exhibited in 1881 at the National Exposition in Milan two paintings on genre topics.
In 1903, he was named conservationist at the Museo Civico di Piacenza; and in 1911, he became an Academic at the Istituto Gazzola.
In 1939, his pupil, Giacomo Bertucci, organized a posthumous exhibition in Piacenza.