Pietro Fragiacomo

He was born in the mainly Italian town of Pirano d'Istria near Trieste, then part of the Austrian Empire, but lived most of his life in Venice.

[3] In 1895, his canvas Tristezza (Sadness) won awards in Venice, and again the next year, this time in Berlin.

[4] He drew mainly seascapes and cityscapes of Venice, often at night, a thematic also pursued by Mario de Maria.

By the turn of the century, his style had acquired Symbolist overtones devoid of a realistic locale.

He won the Prince Umberto Prize at the Milan Triennale of 1891 and was a regular participant from 1895 to 1922 at the Venice Biennale, which displayed a solo show of his work in 1910 and a posthumous retrospective in 1924.